Man -- Person Living in the Yellow Earth
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Title
Man -- Person Living in the Yellow Earth
Subject
男: 黄土に住む人 (Otoko: Ōdo ni sumu hito)
Description
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 people during the war.
Creator
福沢一郎 (Fukuzawa Ichirō)
Date
Shōwa 15 (1940)
Format
116.7 x 91 cm
Type
Oil on Canvas
Files
Citation
福沢一郎 (Fukuzawa Ichirō), “Man -- Person Living in the Yellow Earth,” Japanese Art in the 20th century - Empire, War, Occupation, accessed May 23, 2026, https://empire-war-occupation-20thcent-japaneseart.artinterp.org/items/show/78.