Vagabond Plain, detail: page 14 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 number2019-5-14
DescriptionTranslation:[Upper right]
Narrator: Look at this map. I drew it with my own sweat and blood.
[Upper left]
Let's start here, with this grassy plain...
[Center right]
Any normal person would think that only a fool would choose to live in a place like this.
[Bottom left]
The mere thought of diving in here is enough to make one depressed...
[Bottom right]
Not far in... heh heh... it's pretty neat, actually... crisscrossed with roads...
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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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