(Kannon Goddess)
- Date:
- 1950s
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, hand colored
- Dimensions:
- 53.4 × 33.4 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
"(Kannon Goddess)" — the hand-colored woodblock print from the 1950s — captures Munakata's most central sacred subject in a version where color is applied after printing to enhance and individualize the image. Hand-coloring was a traditional Japanese printmaking practice, and Munakata used it selectively to create variants of his black-and-white prints with added warmth and complexity. The Kannon Goddess in this colored version would carry additional layers of meaning through the color choices: the compassionate deity's robes, the sacred halo, the gesture of the hand — all given chromatic emphasis.
1960
Woodblock print
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
1939-68
Woodblock print
1939 (printed 1955)
Woodblock print
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
(Kannon Goddess) was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1950s.
(Kannon Goddess) depicts temples & shrines and religious.
(Kannon Goddess) measures 53.4 × 33.4 cm.