MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)

RAIMON (THUNDER PATTERN), FROM THE SERIES SHOKEISHO [IN PRAISE OF KAWAI KANJIRO]

Details

MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Raimon (Thunder pattern), from the series Shokeisho [In praise of Kawai Kanjiro]
Woodcut with hand-applied color, n.d. [blocks carved 1945], signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and in Roman script Munakata, pine needles and field chrysanthemum symbols, sealed Muna, light foxing and faint mat stain and minor tape residue, applied with thin Japanese paper backing
25 x 18in. (63.5 x 47.7cm.)

Exhibited

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Munakata Shiko 1903-1975/Ikeda Masuo b. 1934," March 14--June 16, 1978

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
George Kuwayama, Munakata Shiko 1903-1975/Ikeda Masuo b. 1934 (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978), cat. no. 6.

For another impression see Omoi no saku/The World of Love, Munakata Shiko zenshu/The Complete Works of Shiko Munakata, vol. 9 (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978), pl. 47.