Iwato Kagura (Sacred Dance at the Heavenly Cave) by Shikō Munakata
£55.00
岩戸神楽, Showa 46
A bonfire burns in the front garden of the Kagura hall of Takachiho Shrine. Munakata notes: “I was fascinated by the dynamic and simple dances with the costume; in the case, it is the scene of the opening of the heavenly Iwato in the 33rd night Kagura.”
The gods that appear here are the two gods, Tenyu Seimei and Tejikarao Seimei. (Miya Mitai, Takachiho Town, Nishiusuki District, Saki Prefecture)
An exquisite lithograph produced on a very textural Japanese ‘washi’ paper, published by Yaskawa as part of their collaborative calendar project.
Dimensions: 31 x 33 cm
Original Printing Date: 1971 (Litho printing date: 2013)
Shiko Munakata (1903-1975) was a Japanese artist, world-renowned for his woodblock prints and his role in popularising both the shin-hanga and mingei movements in the West. Munakata’s distinctive and harsh take on print making gained worldwide attention in the mid 20th Century: in the Eastern World, this was a result of his departure from more traditional production techniques whilst still maintaining the cultural subject matter of Buddha, flowers and similar everyday imagery. Whereas in the West, the prints were produced in a style not too dissimilar from the European abstract and modernist artists, which in turn gained Munakata the nickname of ‘Japanese Picasso.’ One can easily see the similarties between the two artists.
An interesting observation is noticing that Picasso and his French peers were influenced by the work of the earlier Japanese printmakers, notably Hokusai, which in turn influenced Munakata; the influence really travelled full circle within artistic circles in the 19th and 20thcenturies.
Iwato Kagura (Sacred Dance at the Heavenly Cave) by Shikō Munakata
£55.00
岩戸神楽, Showa 46
A bonfire burns in the front garden of the Kagura hall of Takachiho Shrine. Munakata notes: “I was fascinated by the dynamic and simple dances with the costume; in the case, it is the scene of the opening of the heavenly Iwato in the 33rd night Kagura.”
The gods that appear here are the two gods, Tenyu Seimei and Tejikarao Seimei. (Miya Mitai, Takachiho Town, Nishiusuki District, Saki Prefecture)
An exquisite lithograph produced on a very textural Japanese ‘washi’ paper, published by Yaskawa as part of their collaborative calendar project.
Dimensions: 31 x 33 cm
Original Printing Date: 1971 (Litho printing date: 2013)
Medium: Lithograph
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Shikō Munakata 棟方 志功
Shiko Munakata (1903-1975) was a Japanese artist, world-renowned for his woodblock prints and his role in popularising both the shin-hanga and mingei movements in the West. Munakata’s distinctive and harsh take on print making gained worldwide attention in the mid 20th Century: in the Eastern World, this was a result of his departure from more traditional production techniques whilst still maintaining the cultural subject matter of Buddha, flowers and similar everyday imagery. Whereas in the West, the prints were produced in a style not too dissimilar from the European abstract and modernist artists, which in turn gained Munakata the nickname of ‘Japanese Picasso.’ One can easily see the similarties between the two artists.
An interesting observation is noticing that Picasso and his French peers were influenced by the work of the earlier Japanese printmakers, notably Hokusai, which in turn influenced Munakata; the influence really travelled full circle within artistic circles in the 19th and 20thcenturies.
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