Untitled #2, from Children Living in Washington Heights [US base in Tokyo]

Object Details

• Artist

  Yamamura Gasho 山村 雅昭 (1939-1987)

• Label

  Washington Heights was a United States Armed Forces housing complex located in Shibuya, Tokyo during the occupation of Japan by Allied forces. Constructed in 1946, it remained in operation until 1964, by which point all land had been returned to Japanese control. Today, the site encompasses Yoyogi Park, Yoyogi National Gymnasium, the NHK Broadcasting Center, and other facilities.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japan Modern: Photography from the Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection (September 29, 2018 to January 24, 2019)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase and partial gift from the Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection — Acquisition fund in honor of Julian Raby, director emeritus of the National Museum of Asian Art

• Type

  Photograph

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1960s, 1950s

• Name

  Gasho, Yamamura

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Gloria Katz and Willard M. Huyck Jr. collection, Japanese Art, Children

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Photographs