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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Mahakashyapa

Mahakashyapa

carved 1939, printed 1955
(Japanese, 1903–1975)
Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)
woodcut
Gift of George P. Bickford through The Print Club of Cleveland 1957.463
© The Estate of Shiko Munakata, Reproduced by permission
Location: not on view

Description

This print is from a set of 12 comprising images of the ten disciples of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, and two enlightened beings called bodhisattvas. Munakata Shikō was part of the sōsaku hanga (creative prints) movement, which diverged from Japan’s traditional workshop-based woodblock printing practices. Instead of different individuals designing, carving, and printing a work, this 1900s trend emphasized all aspects of the process being done by a single artist.
  • ?–1957
    George Bickford [1901–1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903–1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1957–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “Back Matter.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 10 (1959). Mentioned and Reproduced: back cover www.jstor.org
  • Modern Japan (Japanese art rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 14, 2022-June 18, 2023).
    Shikō Munakata Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 5-February 7, 1960).
  • {{cite web|title=Mahakashyapa|url=false|author=Munakata Shikō|year=carved 1939, printed 1955|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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