Shiihara Osamu
Flower of Culture

ArtistJapanese, 1905 - 1974
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Flower of Culture
  • Bunka No Hana
Date1939–1945
PlaceJapan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 13 1/2 × 17 1/8 in. (34.3 × 43.5 cm)
Original Mount: 20 1/2 × 17 1/8 in. (52.1 × 43.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by James Edward Maloney and Beverly Ann Young
Object number2000.65
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[MEM, Inc., Tokyo]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso several pencil markings, Japanese characters, crossed through, 13.10.20, an arrow pointing up; a Japanese inscription in pencil on the original mount; top left in pencil: F-20

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