Catalog record · 目録番号 119069

Kawai Kanjiro's Kiln: Calling for a Messenger (the fence of...) (Shokei Sho Hanga Kan: Koshi no saku)

Artist / 作者: Munakata Shikō棟方志功
Date / 年代: 1918-1975
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Taisho / scholten
Digital image / 画像: 358 × 480 px
Published by / 公開者: 小春ユイ

Catalog note / 解説

sumizuri-e hand-colored with a pinkish-brown pigment from the verso; depicting the three-eyed guardian diety Ao filling the composition (as though he were constrained by the borders), his body adorned with patterns of swirls, zig-zags and flowers; with artist's red seal Muna, and with woodblock printed certificate of authenticity: Kantei Toroku Sho; Munakata Shiko Kantei Iinkai; hand-numbered 8839, inscribed Munakata Shiko Saku and titled, Koshi no saku, with two seals, Munakata Shiko Kantei Iinkai and Munakata -?-; ca. 1945 (blocks carved)

Image record / 画像情報

SCHOLTEN · ca. 1918-1975 · scholten

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