Kiyotsune is the title of a very famous Japanese traditional play, synopsis as follows: “After the banishment of the Heike clan from Kyoto, Awazu no Saburo, a retainer of Taira no Kiyotsune from Kyushu visits Kiyotsune’s wife who lives in obscurity in Kyoto. Saburo brings a report to her that Kiyotsune drowned himself off the shore of Yanagi-ga-ura in Buzen Province (present Moji Ward in Kitakyushu City, and the opposite shore of Hikoshima, Yamaguchi Prefecture). Kiyotsune’s wife, who is handed her husband’s hair as a remembrance, bears resentment against him for breaking his promise to reunite and is smitten with sorrow. Then, she returns his hair to Usa Hachimangu Shrine (in the present Usa City in northern Oita Prefecture) because holding the remembrance increases her grief.” Learn More Here.
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: 1958 (Litho printing date: 20219)
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.
Kiyotsune by Shiko Munakata
£55.00
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Kiyotsune is the title of a very famous Japanese traditional play, synopsis as follows: “After the banishment of the Heike clan from Kyoto, Awazu no Saburo, a retainer of Taira no Kiyotsune from Kyushu visits Kiyotsune’s wife who lives in obscurity in Kyoto. Saburo brings a report to her that Kiyotsune drowned himself off the shore of Yanagi-ga-ura in Buzen Province (present Moji Ward in Kitakyushu City, and the opposite shore of Hikoshima, Yamaguchi Prefecture). Kiyotsune’s wife, who is handed her husband’s hair as a remembrance, bears resentment against him for breaking his promise to reunite and is smitten with sorrow. Then, she returns his hair to Usa Hachimangu Shrine (in the present Usa City in northern Oita Prefecture) because holding the remembrance increases her grief.” Learn More Here.
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: 1958 (Litho printing date: 20219)
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.
Read More Here.
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