Diamond Head — the iconic volcanic tuff cone that defines the Honolulu coastline — appears in this 1964 woodblock, made during one of Munakata's visits to Hawaii following his international fame. Munakata in Hawaii was typically Munakata: he looked at Diamond Head with the same direct, astonished attention he brought to all new places, carving the volcanic peak not as a picturesque landmark but as a presence with the same weight of natural fact he found in Japanese mountains. The result is a landscape print that carries the feeling of genuine first encounter, the foreign landscape seen without mediation.
1960
Woodblock print
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
1939-68
Woodblock print
1939 (printed 1955)
Woodblock print
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Diamond Head, Honolulu was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1964.
Diamond Head, Honolulu depicts landscapes, seascapes, and travel scenes.