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Cover page of portfolio "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku he no tabi)"
Kitaoka Fumio Japanese, 1918-2007
Firewood (Maki)
Mother and Child (Haha to ko), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
Refugees at a Camp (Shuyosho no hitobito), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
Lake Mashu (Mashuko)
Face of Refugee (A) (Hikiagesha no kao), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
Old Fisherman in a Net-House (Amigoya no rojin)
In the Hold of a Ship (Senso), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
Traveling by Wagon (Daisha no tabi), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
Camping Outside at Night (Nojuku no yoru), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
View of the French Formal Garden, from the series "Prints of the Shinjuku Imperial Garden (Shinjuku Gyoen hanga)"
Rainy Day (Ame no hi), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
Old Man Walking with a Stick (Tsue o tsuku rojin), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
New Widow (Atarashii kafu), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
Face of Refugee (B) (Hikiagesha no kao), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
Thirst (Kawaki), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
Outskirt of a Village (Mura hazure)
Departure (Shuppatsu), from the series "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku e no tabi)"
Tokyo bay side Shibaura (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)
Kitaoka Fumio Japanese (1918-2007)