Rice Harvesting Scene
- Date:
- 1980
- Medium:
- Etching
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A rice harvest scene from 1980, capturing the communal agricultural activity that defined Japan's rural calendar for centuries. The cutting, bundling, and drying of rice stalks — the stalks hung on wooden frames called haze or kadé — creates a distinctive landscape of parallel golden bundles that Tanaka renders with his characteristic attention to pattern and texture. The harvest is both labor and celebration, one of the most visually distinctive moments in the Japanese agricultural year.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Rice Harvesting Scene was created by Tanaka Ryohei (田中良平) in 1980.
Rice Harvesting Scene uses Etching, on etching.
Rice Harvesting Scene depicts snow scenes and food & drink.