Lot 223

MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)

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

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USD 23,000

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MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Ubari no saku (Upali), 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 and English with the title of a different print in the series Kyu (9) Makakasho Toda daiichi
41 x 18in. (106 x 47.7cm.)

Specialist note

Another impression was sold in these Rooms 16 October, 1990, lot 31.

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. 27-7, p. 79.