5 works by Higashiyama stolen from exhibition hall

5 works by Higashiyama stolen from exhibition hall

GIFU, Japan - File photo is one of the five sketches and woodblock prints by Japanese artist Kaii Higashiyama which were stolen from an exhibition hall in the city of Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture. Police said Feb. 18 security guards dispatched to the exhibition site after alarms sounded found the works missing and a window on the first floor and the acrylic exhibition case both broken.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000011833
  • Registered date
  • 2002/2/18 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1606 × 1156 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 297.96(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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