TOMIYAMA TAEKO

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Description

The Origins of Hiruko and the Puppeteers 8
Collage and mixed media
27 1/8 x 33 1/4" (FRAMED)
2008
The Origins of Hiruko and the Puppeteers 8 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.

Following traditional Japanese naming conventions, 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

2025.001.015

Collection

Citation

TOMIYAMA TAEKO and b. Japan, 1921-2021, “TOMIYAMA TAEKO,” UCSB ADA Museum Omeka, accessed March 14, 2025, http://art-collections.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/17121.