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Shibuki しぶき from the series Utoshō hangasaku 烏兎頌版画柵,

1953

Munakata Shikō 棟方志功, 1903–1975; born Aomori, Japan; died Tokyo, Japan
Japanese
Shōwa era, 1926–1989
2020-28

Information

Title
Shibuki しぶき from the series Utoshō hangasaku 烏兎頌版画柵
Dates

1953

Maker
Munakata Shikō 棟方志功
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and paper
Dimensions
46 × 29.5 cm (18 1/8 × 11 5/8 in.) frame: 55.6 × 39.1 cm (21 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950
Object Number
2020-28
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Marks/Labels/Seals
“Mune” 棟, rect. intaglio (on front)
Description
Woodcut of nude woman moving to the right with head tilted down wearing a headress; black and white on blue ground with red-brown back coloring. One of four prints in the series.
Culture
Japanese
Period
Showa
Type
relief prints
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink, colorant
Subject
women, nudes

before 1960– Lloyd E. Cotsen (Los Angeles, CA).

–2020 Cotsen 1985 Trust (Los Angeles, CA), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2020.

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