Lot 217
MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
MONJU BOSATSU NO SAKU (MANJUSRI), FROM THE SERIES SHAKA JUDAI DESHI (THE TEN GREAT DISCIPLES OF THE BUDDHA)
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Shaka judai deshi was awarded First Prize in the print division of the Biennale International Art Exhibition, Sao Paulo, 1955.
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. 27-1, p. 76. The authors remark that the original blocks for this print were carved along with the others in the set in 1939 but were destroyed in a fire during the war and recarved in 1948.
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. 27-1, p. 76. The authors remark that the original blocks for this print were carved along with the others in the set in 1939 but were destroyed in a fire during the war and recarved in 1948.