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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
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)