Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 119069

Kawai Kanjiro's Kiln: Calling for a Messenger (the fence of...) (Shokei Sho Hanga Kan: Koshi no saku)

Artist / 作者
Munakata Shiko棟方志功
Date / 年代
1918-1975
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Taisho / scholten
Digital record / 画像記録
358 × 480 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Scholten Japanese Art
Published by / 公開者
小春ユイ
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Scholten Japanese Art

Catalog note / 解説

sumizuri-e hand-colored with a pinkish-brown pigment from the verso; depicting the three-eyed guardian diety Ao filling the composition (as though he were constrained by the borders), his body adorned with patterns of swirls, zig-zags and flowers; with artist's red seal Muna, and with woodblock printed certificate of authenticity: Kantei Toroku Sho; Munakata Shiko Kantei Iinkai; hand-numbered 8839, inscribed Munakata Shiko Saku and titled, Koshi no saku, with two seals, Munakata Shiko Kantei Iinkai and Munakata -?-; ca. 1945 (blocks carved)

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