Munakata’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Ragora, from the series Ten Great Disciples of Shaka (Shaka jûdai deshi)
Munakata Shiko Japanese, 1903-1975
In Praise of Flower Hunting
The Grace of the Mountain
Hara: A Line at the Foot of Mt. Fuji (Suso ichimonji), No. 14 from the series "Munakata's Tokaido (Tokaido Munakata hanga)"
Ananda (Ananda), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"
Monju (Manjusri), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"
Total Abandon (Mukotai no saku), from a series iIllustrating Tanizaki Junichiro's "The Key (Kagi)"
The Wife and Child (Tsumako no saku), from the series "The Tale of the Auklet (Uto Hanga-kan)"
Munakata Shiko Japanese 1903-1975
The Night Visit, from the series "Story of the Cormorant"
Munakata Shikō Japanese, 1903-1975
Thunder God (Raijin) from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)"
Bird and Fox
The Bright of Evening
Mountain God (Yamagami), from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)"
The Journey North (Hokuge no saku), from the series "The Tale of the Auklet (Uto Hanga-kan)"
Self-Portrait with Empire State Building
Rainy Season, from the series Scenes of the Season
Vairocana (Dainichi Nyorai), from the series Kegon-fu
Snow (Yuki)
Self-Portrait
Kasennen (Katyayana), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"