[citation needed] From an early age her artistic talents were evident, and as a schoolgirl in 1960 her work was accepted for a regional art competition.
Paintings by Haruyo Morita have been reproduced as Giclée prints, jigsaw puzzles,[1] calendars, desktop wallpaper and posters.
[2] She is the artist of Twelve-Layer Kimono, a Shōwa period print with painted designs ink, color, and gold on paper.
In her art she was influenced by the style and drama of Kabuki theatre and the Edo period of Japanese culture.
In 2017, during the curatorship of the VMFA's Asian expert, art curator and historian Li Jian, Haruyo Morita's Twelve-Layer Kimono, a gift from a private collection, was added to the permanent collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' extensive Asian holdings.