Furona from Great Disciples of Buddha
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Legion of Honor
- Image courtesy of
- Legion of Honor
Description
Furona, known in Pali as Punna Mantaniputta, was recognized among the ten principal disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha as the foremost teacher of the dharma. Munakata's series on the Great Disciples portrays each figure as a distinct spiritual type, differentiated through carving rhythm and gestural posture rather than iconographic attribute. Furona is typically associated with preaching and compassionate communication, qualities Munakata may have rendered through an open or oratorical pose. The series belongs to the tradition of Buddhist figure printing that Munakata elevated into fine-art sosaku-hanga practice, each block cut with the artist's characteristic staccato energy. The deliberately rough surface quality—visible tool marks left in situ—reinforces the sense of each figure as a freshly summoned presence rather than a polished devotional image.
More Prints by Shiko Munakata
Flying Over the Mountains (Yamagoe), from the series "The Tale of the Auklet (Uto Hanga-kan)"
1960
Woodblock print
Bodhisattva Manjusri (Monju bosatsu no saku), from the series Ten Great Disciples of the Buddha Sakyamuni (Shaka jûdai deshi), Shôwa period, undated (block carved 1948)
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
Ragora (Rahula), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"
1939-68
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Ubari (Upali), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"
1939 (printed 1955)
Woodblock print
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A Section of the Byodo Temple at Uji (Uji Byodoin no ichibu), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
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