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Mother and Child in the Flames

Chihiro Iwasaki1973 - 1973

Chihiro Art Museum

Chihiro Art Museum
Tokyo, Japan

In the 1970s the Vietnamese War was becoming harsher, Chihiro, with the sense of peril that if she does not act now the children of Vietnam will die out, creates the picture book “Children among the flames of war”. In this picture book, the pictures do not follow a story, but first 50 pictures with the theme of Vietnamese children at war and children under the Tokyo air raid were painted, and then after that the book was constructed. This portrait of a mother and child has been added on afterwards, and goes along with her text “The little baby boy who has disappeared into the flames with his mother”. Despite of her worsening health conditions, Chihiro, saying “This is the only way I can act”, created this picture book for a year and a half, and the book became her last completed picture book.

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  • Title: Mother and Child in the Flames
  • Creator: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Creator Lifespan: 1918 - 1974
  • Creator Nationality: Japanese
  • Creator Gender: Female
  • Creator Death Place: Tokyo
  • Creator Birth Place: Takefu
  • Date: 1973 - 1973
  • 画家名 (日本語): いわさきちひろ
  • 作品説明 (Japanese): 1970年代に入ってますますベトナム戦争が激化するなか、今しなければベトナムの子どもは死に絶えてしまうのではないかと危機感を募らせたちひろは、絵本『戦火のなかの子どもたち』を制作します。この絵本では、ストーリーに沿って絵を描くのではなく、戦時下のベトナムの子どもと、ちひろ自身が体験した東京の空襲で被災した子どもをテーマに50点に及ぶ絵が描かれ、後から場面の構成がなされました。この母子像は、ちひろがあとから描き足した作品で「母さんといっしょに/もえていった/ちいさなぼうや。」ということばが添えられています。体調を崩しながらも、「私にできる唯一のやり方だから」と1年半をかけて制作したこの絵本が、ちひろが完成させた最後の絵本となりました。
  • 作品名 (日本語): 「焔のなかの母と子」 『戦火のなかの子どもたち』(岩崎書店)より
  • creator: Japan
  • Physical Dimensions: w545 x h385 mm (complete)
  • Type: painting
  • Rights: Copyright © 2013 Chihiro Iwasaki Memorial Foundation. All rights reserved.
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