Gautama and Bodhisattvas
Gautama and Bodhisattvas

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Gautama and Bodhisattvas,

1958

Munakata Shikō 棟方志功, 1903–1975; born Aomori, Japan; died Tokyo, Japan
Japanese
Shōwa era, 1926–1989
x1964-35

Information

Title
Gautama and Bodhisattvas
Dates

1958

Maker
Munakata Shikō 棟方志功
Medium
Woodblock print; black ink on ivory colored paper
Dimensions
block: 23 x 33.3 cm sheet: 33.9 x 45.3 cm. (13 3/8 x 17 13/16 in.) mat: 36.2 x 49 cm. (14 1/4 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William M. Milliken, Class of 1911
Object Number
x1964-35
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed in pencil in Japanese and English, below bottom edge of block, left, and dated: 1958.8.15
Culture
Japanese
Period
modern Japanese periods, Showa
Type
japanese printmaking styles, kozo, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
Buddhism, figures (representations)

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