Live Auction 8862THE HELEN AND FELIX JUDA COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS
Lot 221

MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)

ANANDA NO SAKU (ANANDA), FROM THE SERIES SHAKA JUDAI DESHI (THE TEN GREAT DISCIPLES OF THE BUDDHA)

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MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Ananda no saku (Ananda), from the series Shaka judai deshi (The ten great disciples of the Buddha)
Woodcut, n.d. [blocks carved 1939], signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and in Roman script Munakata, pine needles and field chrysanthemum symbols, sealed Hogen Muna Shiko, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink in Japanese Nana (7) Anan (Tamon daiichi) (best at remembering Buddha's teachings) and in Roman letters Anan and sealed Zakkado
41.5/8 x 19in. (105.8 x 48.2cm.)

Specialist note

Another impression was sold in these Rooms 16 October, 1990, lot 38.

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. 27-5, p.78.

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