Munakata Shiko (1903-1975)

Sado jizo no saku (Song of Jizo)

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Munakata Shiko (1903-1975)
Sado jizo no saku (Song of Jizo)
Sumizuri-e woodcut with hand-applied color, 1962, signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and in Roman script Munakata, dated 1962. 1. 8., with field chrysanthemum and pine needle symbols, sealed in red, signed in the block lower left Shiko to (carved by Shiko) and with pine needle symbols and dated 1960--some minor holes
213/8 x 12¼in. (54.3 x 31.2cm.)

Lot Essay

For another impression see Shiika no saku/The world of Poetry (1), vol. 5 of Munakata Shiko zenshu/The complete Works of Shiko Munakata (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978), no. 116 (Japanese titles for nos. 115 and 116 reversed).

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