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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.102.37
People
Munakata Shikō 棟方志功, Japanese (1903 - 1975)
Title
Bodhisattva Manjusri (Monju bosatsu no saku), from the series Ten Great Disciples of the Buddha Sakyamuni (Shaka jūdai deshi)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Shaka jūdai deshi: Monju bosatsu no saku
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Shōwa period, undated (block carved 1948)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Shōwa era, 1926-1989
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202351

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions
paper: H. 98.9 x W. 50.2 cm (38 15/16 x 19 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. Adrian Rubel
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.102.37
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Usher P. Coolidge, Japanese Twentieth Century Prints from the Collection of C. Adrian Rübel, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1966), Cat. No. 21

Exhibition History

  • Munakata Shiko: Twentieth Century Master of the Japanese Print, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, 05/01/1989 - 06/10/1989
  • Tradition and Synthesis: 19th- and 20th-Century Works from East Asia, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/22/2001 - 06/09/2002
  • 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/29/2021 - 07/17/2022

Verification Level

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