Hawk Woman (Taka no onna no saku)
- Date:
- 1955 (printed 1958)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print; edition 106/200
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
"Hawk Woman (Taka no onna no saku)" — the named version of this celebrated subject, edition 106/200 from 1955 printed in 1958 — is among Munakata's most widely circulated prints, the large edition indicating the demand his female-bird hybrid subjects generated. The composition brings together the hawk's fierce, lateral energy and the woman's frontal, composed presence in a figure that inhabits both avian and human registers simultaneously. The large edition is characteristic of Munakata's approach to his most successful subjects: making the work available at scale while maintaining the direct, hand-carved quality of each print.
1960
Woodblock print
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
1939-68
Woodblock print
1939 (printed 1955)
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hawk Woman (Taka no onna no saku) was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1955 (printed 1958).
Hawk Woman (Taka no onna no saku) depicts birds & flowers.
