Vagabond Plain, detail: page 40 of 54
Titles
- 無頼平野
- Burai heiya
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 number2019-5-40
DescriptionTranslation:[Upper right]
Narrator: It pains me greatly to out and ask you for money like this, but if you don't mind paying now...
[Upper left]
Plus the standard 100 yen for showing you around.
Akira: Urp! 275 yen total?
[Upper center right]
Narrator: Much obliged, much obliged.
[Upper center left]
Now, brother, I must be off. I have urgent business to attend to.
[Lower center right]
Akira: Uh, but, where do I find this Clear Wind Retreat?
[Lower center left]
Narrator: Do not fear. Ask directions from anyone passing through the grasses... If that doesn't work, ask Ryu, the arm wrestler.
[Lower left]
Akira (to himself): I think I've been swindled.
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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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