Description
Woodcut of scene featuring young women and children in a rural setting in Anhui Province.
Fengyang guniang (Maidens of Fengyang)
This woodcut, by an artist called Fang Wenxing, was reproduced in Zhonghua huabao (Chinese Pictorial) 1.4 (November 1943). The importance of the muke (woodcut) form to artistic practice in occupied China has been almost entirely overlooked in the literature. The muke form has hitherto been associated with the art of resistance in China, despite being an important part of “occupation” visual cultures as well.
Date
- November 1943
Artist/Creator
Fang Wenxing 方文星
Medium
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Woodcut
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Theme
- Rural Pacification
Case Studies
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Japanese-occupied China
(1937 – 1945) Keywords
- children, villages, women
Further information
Source
Source Reference Details
Modern Documents Reading Room
Permissions/Acknowledgements
Shanghai Library
COTCA Identifier
SL-0003