Lot Essay
For another impression see Shiika no saku/The World of Poetry, Munakata Shiko zenshu/The Complete Works of Shiko Munakata, vol. 6 (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1979), pl. 49.
ENSHIN NO SAKU (MOYURU UTA NO SAKU) (MY BODY AFLAME) [COMPOSITION ON A POEM BY YOSHIMURA SHUKUHO]
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MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Enshin no saku (Moyuru uta no saku) (My body aflame) [Composition on a poem by Yoshimura Shukuho]
Woodcut with hand-applied color, 1956, signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and signed and dated in Roman script Munakata--1956--12.31., sealed Zakkado shu, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in Japanese Yamaue kumo 22.. (clouds enveloping the mountains 22) and sealed Shiko, paper slightly toned and stained, tape stains upper and lower edges
17.5/8 x 13in. (44.8 x 33.7cm.)
Enshin no saku (Moyuru uta no saku) (My body aflame) [Composition on a poem by Yoshimura Shukuho]
Woodcut with hand-applied color, 1956, signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and signed and dated in Roman script Munakata--1956--12.31., sealed Zakkado shu, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in Japanese Yamaue kumo 22.. (clouds enveloping the mountains 22) and sealed Shiko, paper slightly toned and stained, tape stains upper and lower edges
17.5/8 x 13in. (44.8 x 33.7cm.)