MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)

KAEDE USAGI NO SAKU (JUGATSU MOMIJI TO USAGI) (MAPLES AND RABBITS, OCTOBER--MAPLES AND RABBITS), FROM THE SERIES RYURYOKU KAKOSHO (THE WILLOW IS GREEN, THE FLOWER IS RED) [THE CHANGES OF NATURE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS]

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MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Kaede usagi no saku (Jugatsu momiji to usagi) (Maples and rabbits, October--maples and rabbits), from the series Ryuryoku kakosho (The willow is green, the flower is red) [The changes of nature in the twelve months]
Woodcut, 1955, signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and signed and dated in Roman script Munakata 1955, sealed Muna, titled in the block Shukei (autumn scene), paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink in Japanese Shukei and in Roman print SHU-KEI with the numeral 8 in a circle and sealed Muna Shiko and Ke Gon and inscribed in pencil in lower right corner of verso 8., tape stains upper edge
23 x 22in. (59.7 x 55.7cm.)

Lot Essay

For another impression see Kacho no saku/The World of Flowers and Birds, Munakata Shiko zenshu/The Complete Works of Shiko Munakata, vol. 4 (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978), pl. 124.

Ryuryoku kakosho was awarded the International Woodcut Grand Prix at the Biennale, Venice, 1956.