 Kubo also created the "Small Collector Society" (小コレクターの会) to spread art collection in society.Some of the works from this period in the 50s show an influence from Fernand Léger with massive bodies on the canvas, such as the "Pastoral" (Den'en) from 1956.Ay-O was introduced to George Maciunas by Yoko Ono in 1961 and formally joined Maciunas in Fluxus in 1963.