Joshin (Goddess) / Kegonpu (Record of the Kegon Sutra)
- Date:
- 1937
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- British Museum
Joshin (Goddess) paired with a record of the Kegon Sutra — one of the female divine figures in Munakata's 1937 Kegon series — brings the feminine sacred presence into his Buddhist cosmology. Joshin (a Japanese Buddhist term for a female divine being or goddess) represents one of the many sacred figures who populate the cosmic vision of the Avatamsaka Sutra. Munakata's female divinities occupied a space between his Buddhist sacred figures and his secular women: the goddess carried both the spiritual intensity of his Kannon images and the earthly presence of his secular female figures.
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.
Joshin (Goddess) / Kegonpu (Record of the Kegon Sutra) was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1937.
Joshin (Goddess) / Kegonpu (Record of the Kegon Sutra) depicts waterfalls and religious.
