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Refugees at a Camp (Shuyosho no hitobito), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)" by Fumio Kitaoka — Japanese Woodblock print, 1947

Refugees at a Camp (Shuyosho no hitobito), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"

by Fumio Kitaoka

Sōsaku-hanga
Travel Scenes
Date:
1947
Medium:
Woodblock print
Edition:
Self-printed

Description

From the 1947 "Journey to the Homeland" series, this print shows the displaced persons gathered at a camp — the temporary holding facilities established along the repatriation route. The shuyosho (detention or assembly facility) provided minimal shelter for masses of people in uncertain legal and physical condition, and Kitaoka renders the population of such a place with careful attention to the variety of individual response to collective hardship: some gathered in groups, some isolated, all marked by the particular body language of people waiting for something beyond their control.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Refugees at a Camp (Shuyosho no hitobito), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)" was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄) in 1947.

Yes — Refugees at a Camp (Shuyosho no hitobito), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)" is part of the Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi) series by Fumio Kitaoka.

Refugees at a Camp (Shuyosho no hitobito), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)" depicts travel scenes.