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ArtistJapanese, born 1957
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Nakazora
Date2002
MediumWood, paper scroll, print, Plexiglas
DimensionsA) Scroll: 11 × 228in. (27.9 × 579.1cm)
B) Photograph/image: 3 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (7.9 × 7 cm)
C) Plexi Case: 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (8.9 × 8.9 × 31.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Katherine Friedman Weiner in honor of John Carl Landa, Sr.
Object number2002.74.A-.C
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Nazraeli Press, Portland, Oregon]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed artist name and title at the beginning of paper scroll and at the ends of the wooden rod.
Printed at the end of the paper scroll:
"Nakazora is printed in a first edition of 1,000 copies / Design by Reiko Nakajima and Masao Yamamoto / Project coordination by Maya Ishiwata / Photographs copyright © 2001 Masao Yamamoto / Copyright © 2001 by Nazraeli Press / Chris Pichler / 526 East 16th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85701, USA / Printed in China by Oceanic Graphic Productions / ISBN 1-59005-022-3"
"Dictionary Defination of Nakazora / The space between sky and earth, the place where birds, et. fly. Empty air. / An internal hollow. Vague. Hollow. Around the center of the sky. Or, empitiness. / The inability to decide between two things. Midway. / The center of the sky (the zenith). A Buddhist term.

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Yamamoto Masao