Lot 218
218
MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)

KASEREN NO SAKU (KATYAYANA), FROM THE SERIES SHAKA JUDAI DESHI (THE TEN GREAT DISCIPLES OF THE BUDDHA)

Details
MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Kaseren no saku (Katyayana), from the series Shaka judai deshi (The ten great disciples of the Buddha)
Woodcut, n.d. [blocks carved 1939], signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and in Roman script Munakata, pine needles and field chrysanthemum symbols, sealed Hogen Muna Shiko, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink in Japanese Ni (2) Kasenren (rongi daiichi) (best at debate) and in Roman letters 2 Kasein and sealed Zakkado, fold mark upper left corner
41.7/8 x 18.7/8in. (106.4 x 47.6cm.)

Lot Essay

Another impression was sold in these Rooms 16 October, 1990, lot 39.

For another impression see Fujii Hisae et al., eds., Munakata Shiko ten/Shiko Munakata (Tokyo: The National Museum of Modern Art and Asahi Shimbun, 1985), no. 27-2, p. 77.