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Vagabond Plain, detail: page 23 of 54
Vagabond Plain, detail: page 23 of 54
Vagabond Plain, detail: page 23 of 54

Vagabond Plain, detail: page 23 of 54

Titles
  • Burai heiya
  • 無頼平野
Artist (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 number2019-5-23
DescriptionTranslation:

[Upper right]
Ryu's Assistant: Need a break?

[Upper middle right]
Alrighty then, I'll find another customer...

[Upper middle left]
Passerby: Hey man.
Narrator: Yo.

[Lower middle right]
Akira: Impressive.

[Lower middle center]
Narrator: Those two are unstoppable...

[Lower right]
There's nothing money can't buy here, human lives even...

[Lower left]
Lots of people go on living simply because it's too much trouble to die...
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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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