Manjusri (Monju Bosatsu), from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)"
- Date:
- 1936
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
Manjusri (Monju Bosatsu) from the "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)" series of 1936 appears here in Munakata's first major engagement with the Kegon Sutra iconography, one year before the more extensive 1937 series. The Gandavyuha is the final book of the Avatamsaka Sutra, describing the pilgrim Sudhana's journey through fifty-three teachers to final enlightenment — a narrative structure that may have appealed to Munakata as a model for his own artistic development. Manjusri's sword of wisdom is the appropriate guide for such a journey.
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.
Manjusri (Monju Bosatsu), from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)" was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1936.
Yes — Manjusri (Monju Bosatsu), from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)" is part of the Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu) series by Shiko Munakata.
Manjusri (Monju Bosatsu), from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)" depicts waterfalls and religious.
