Vagabond Plain, detail: page 11 of 54
Titles
- Burai heiya
- 無頼平野
Artist
Tsuge Tadao
(Japan, born 1941)
Date1975
GeographyJapan
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions13 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (34.3 × 24.5 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LinePartial purchase, partial gift of the artist, 2019
Object number2019-5-11
DescriptionTranslation:[Upper right]
Narrator: That's what they say, anyway...
[Upper center right]
Akira: Did the first man ever come back?
[Upper center left]
Narrator: Nope, never.
[Lower center right]
Akira: Why would anyone build a house here? And why would he leave it after going through all that trouble?
[Lower right]
Narrator: Imagine, brother... This burnt plain goes on forever...
[Lower left]
Your family and your home have been destroyed. There's nothing, no matter where you go...
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Translation by Ryan Holmberg. See Tadao Tsuge and Ryan Holmberg, Slum Wolf, New York: New York Review Comics, 2018.
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