Tengu (Tengu no saku)
Artist
Munakata Shiko
(Japanese, 1903–1975)
Date1963
Mediumwoodblock print; ink on paper with hand-coloring applied on the reverse
Dimensionsimage: 40.3 x 33.5 cm (15 7/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineStoddard Acquisition Fund
Object number1998.75
DescriptionCompositions on the poems of Yoshii Isamu (b.1886-1960)Label Text2004-08-06: MUNAKATA, Shiko (1903-75) Tengu 1963 Series: "Wandering Away from Home" (Ryurisho hanga kan), compositions on the poems of Yoshii Isamu (b. 1886-1960) Signed in pencil, in Japanese, Shiko; in Roman script Munakata 1963; and suru kore [fecit]; pine needle and field chrysanthemum ciphers Sealed Hogen Munakata Shiko Woodblock print, ink on paper with hand-coloring applied on the reverse Stoddard Acquisition Fund, 1998.75 Celebrated as one of Japan's most significant twentieth-century print artists, Munakata Shiko worked in various media-woodblock prints, watercolors, sumi ink paintings, oil paintings, calligraphy, and ceramics. The technique of applying pigments to the back of the print, as in this print, gained the artist worldwide recognition. The colors saturate through to the front of the
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Nishimura, Shigenaga
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