This was an assignment piece, meant to illustrate the 1930/40s slang “wooden kimono”. The kanji letter means “coffin”
- 1946, Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 19:
I expected the man to show up any minute with his tape measure to outfit me with a wooden kimono.
18″ x 24″
watercolor, ink, cut paper.
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