TOMIYAMA TAEKO
Description
Blood Red Plains Burned by the Fires of War
Oil on canvas
51 7/8 x 67" (FRAMED)
2008
Blood Red Plains Burned by the Fires of War is part of the series, Hiruko and the Puppeteers (2008), and is one of the largest and most ambitious of the artist's career sustaining her longstanding focus on transnational history, warfare, and Japan's brutal colonization of its Asian neighbors. Artist's signature at lower right.
Following Japanese naming customs, last name is provided first.
Following Japanese naming customs, last name is provided first.
Date
2008
Creator
TOMIYAMA TAEKO
b. Japan, 1921-2021
Source
Gift of Sakata Natsume in memory of her mother Tomiyama Taeko
Identifier
2025.001.008
Collection
Citation
TOMIYAMA TAEKO and b. Japan, 1921-2021, “TOMIYAMA TAEKO,” UCSB ADA Museum Omeka, accessed March 18, 2025, http://art-collections.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/17114.