Munakata Shikō
Japanese, 1903-1975
The Bright of Evening
INV-5854
Munakata Shikō
Japanese, 1903-1975About 1954
The Bright of Evening
Munakata Shikō Japanese, 1903-1975 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
About 1954
Medium
Woodblock print
Dimensions
36 × 42.2 cm (14 3/16 × 16 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
This image is based on a poem by Yoshimura Shukuho, which is written on the print:
How it spills above the earth
In the bright of evening someone cries
It is spring
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