Beginning of the Evacuation (Hikiage no tabi e), from the series Traveling to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi), also called Refugees

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Beginning of the Evacuation (Hikiage no tabi e), from the series Traveling to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi), also called Refugees

祖国への旅　出発　引揚の旅え

Kitaoka Fumio (Japanese, 1918–2007)

Japanese

Shôwa era

1947 (Shôwa 22)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper

Dimensions 12.5 x 14.8 cm (4 15/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund

Accession Number64.45

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yokohama Mus. of Art, Fascinating J. Woodcut Prints (2014), #101; Smith, Japanese Prints During the Allied Occupation (2002), #78

DescriptionMFA impressions: 64.45, 66.165

Signed F. Kitaoka (in romanization, in pencil in lower right margin)

Provenance1964, sold by Elsa V. Merlo to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 12, 1964)