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Pūrnamaitrāyanīputra, Master of Teaching, from the series Ten Great Disciples of Buddha

Shiko MunakataWW-1939-148064
1939·Framed woodblock print; ink on paper·Various; two average sheet sizes: 1) 41 ¾ x 18 ¾ in. (106 x 47.6 cm); 2) 39 x 15 ½ in. (99.1 x 39.4 cm.); with frame: 44 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (102.2 x 56.5 cm)

Purchase, Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation Fund, Daniel Greenberg, Susan Steinhauser, and the Greenberg Foundation, and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gifts, 2017

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Year
1939
Dimensions
Various; two average sheet sizes: 1) 41 ¾ x 18 ¾ in. (106 x 47.6 cm); 2) 39 x 15 ½ in. (99.1 x 39.4 cm.); with frame: 44 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (102.2 x 56.5 cm)

Artist

Shiko Munakata
Shiko Munakata

Painting

Shiko Munakata was a Japanese woodblock printmaker whose bold, expressionistic works combined traditional ukiyo-e techniques with modernist abstraction. Working primarily in the postwar period, he developed a distinctive approach to the woodblock medium, creating prints marked by vigorous line work and densely layered imagery that drew from Buddhist and folk art traditions. His prints gained significant international attention and influenced contemporary printmaking across Europe and America.

Aomori Prefecture, Japan

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Year
1939
Dimensions
Various; two average sheet sizes: 1) 41 ¾ x 18 ¾ in. (106 x 47.6 cm); 2) 39 x 15 ½ in. (99.1 x 39.4 cm.); with frame: 44 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (102.2 x 56.5 cm)
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WW-1939-148064

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