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Fish and Flower and Female Buddha,
1957

Munakata Shikō 棟方志功, 1903–1975; born Aomori, Japan; died Tokyo, Japan

Japanese

Shōwa era, 1926–1989

x1964-34

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Title

Fish and Flower and Female Buddha

Dates

1957

Maker

Munakata Shikō 棟方志功

Medium

Woodblock print; black ink on ivory colored Japanese Kozo paper

Dimensions

block: 45.1 × 33.3 cm (17 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.) sheet: 45 × 33 cm (17 11/16 × 13 in.) mat: 49 × 36.3 cm (19 5/16 × 14 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William M. Milliken, Class of 1911

Object Number

x1964-34

Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures

Signed in pencil in Japanese and English, below bottom edge of block, left, and dated: 1957.12.5

Culture

Japanese

Period

modern Japanese periods

Type

woodblock prints, prints, japanese printmaking styles, kozo

Materials

kozo, ink

Techniques

woodcut (process)

Subject

figures (representations), Buddhism, women, fish, flowers (plants)

"Acquisitions of 1964", <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 24, no. 1 (1965): p. 20-23., p. 22

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Japanese, Shōwa era (1926–1989), Munakata Shikō 棟方志功 (1903–1975; born Aomori, Japan; died Tokyo, Japan), Fish and Flower and Female Buddha, 1957. Woodblock print; black ink on ivory colored Japanese Kozo paper; 45.1 × 33.3 cm (block), 45 × 33 cm (sheet), 49 × 36.3 cm (mat). Gift of William M. Milliken, Class of 1911 (x1964-34) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/10592

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