Noah's Ark
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A boat with a peaked, thatched-roof cabin floats on a dark blue wave pattern against a solid red background, with a dark blue cloud shape in the upper corners. The cabin's grid of window-like compartments is packed with stylized human figures and animals, including a giraffe and other creatures rendered in flat blocks of white, yellow, blue, and black. Sadao Watanabe's woodblock print "Noah's Ark" (year unknown) uses bold, simplified forms and thick black outlines throughout.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Noah's Ark was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
Noah's Ark depicts figures, religious, and animals.