October 21, 1968, Anti-War Day / Shinjuku Incident, Tokyo | A student starting a fire in Shinjuku Station

Maker(s)
Artist: Hamaguchi Takashi 浜口タカシ (Japan, born 1931)
Historical period(s)
Showa era, 1969 - 1970
Medium
Gelatin silver print on paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image size): 23 × 33.3 cm (9 1/16 × 13 1/8 in) H x W (Paper size): 27.2 × 35.4 cm (10 11/16 × 13 15/16 in)
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
Purchase -- funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2016.8.1
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Photograph
Type

Photograph

Keywords
Japan, protest, Showa era (1926 - 1989)
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Published References
  • David Hogge, Carol Huh. Painting with Light: Photography at the Freer / Sackler. Washington, 2017. 150-151, 158, 115.
Collection Area(s)
Contemporary Art, Japanese Art
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