Wisdom of Water

Artist Yoshiko Shimano (born 1963 Tokyo, Japan; lives Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Date2016

Mediumwoodcut, silkscreen, and linoleum cut

Dimensionsoverall: 96 × 137 1/4 in. (243.8 × 348.6 cm)

ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase

Object numberPC2022.43.1.A-C

DescriptionLarge print on three sheets of paper depicting an aerial map of 19th-century Edo (present-day Tokyo, Japan). Small images of bicycles and Japanese-style rickshaws, ships, flowers, and people are visible throughout the composition. Screenprinted images of various buildings appear across each of the three large panels, including Anne Frank's house, the Rembrandt House, and the much older Edo Castle, marked at center with a hollyhock emblem. The background is red at the bottom and fades to blue at the top, with areas of brown and yellow on the left side.

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