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- Collection: Weeks 6-10: Art and the Allied Occupation (1945-1952)
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Man -- Person Living in the Yellow Earth
This work is supposedly inspired by Fukuzawa's trip to China in 1939, where he sighted a poor man living among the deserts Loess Plateau. The figure also reflects Fukuzawa's spiritual condition and a representation of the tragedy suffered by Chinese…
Children's Peace Monument
This sculpture is a memorial to all the child victims of the atomic bomb and also a specific commemoration to the story of Sadako Sasaki.
Sadako Sasaki was a 2 year old girl living in Nagasaki when the atomic bomb dropped on the city, and she…
Sadako Sasaki was a 2 year old girl living in Nagasaki when the atomic bomb dropped on the city, and she…
Model for the Memorial to the Dead of Hiroshima
Noguchi's planned model for the bomb atomic memorial for Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, which was rejected for a variety of reasons. Noguchi took inspirations from Japanese traditional ceramics and maternal symbolisms for his cenotaph. He claimed…