MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Furuna no saku (Purnamaitrayayaniputra), 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 Roman letters San 3 Furuna and in Japanese sep'po daiichi (finest reader of sutras), some creasing
41 7/8 x 18 3/4in. (106 x 47.7cm.)
MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Furuna no saku (Purnamaitrayayaniputra), 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 Roman letters San 3 Furuna and in Japanese sep'po daiichi (finest reader of sutras), some creasing
41 7/8 x 18 3/4in. (106 x 47.7cm.)
