Firefighter (5) (Hikeshi (5); 火消し(5) )

© Takeda Hideo

Firefighter (5) (Hikeshi (5); 火消し(5) )

Currently not on view

Firefighter (5) (Hikeshi (5); 火消し(5) ),

ca. 2014

Takeda Hideo 武田 秀雄, born 1948, Osaka, Japan
2025-18

Information

Title
Firefighter (5) (Hikeshi (5); 火消し(5) )
Dates

ca. 2014

Maker
Takeda Hideo 武田 秀雄
Medium
Ink and color
Dimensions
40.6 × 58.4 cm (16 × 23 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Jr. Memorial Collection Fund
Object Number
2025-18
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese, Asian
Period
Heisei
Type
drawings
Subject
tattoos, fires, figures (representations), firefighters, dragons

2014 – August 2023 Takeda Hideo (artist)
August 2023 Acquired by Ronin Gallery directly from artist
2023 – 2024 Collection of Ronin Gallery
2024 Acquired by Princeton University Art Museum from Ronin Gallery

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