Maudgalyayana (Mokukenren) — the disciple of supernatural powers, who appears in both the earlier "Ten Great Disciples" print and here in the "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples" series (carved 1939, reprinted 1968) — returns as a subject that clearly engaged Munakata's imagination. The disciple whose powers bridged the human and divine realms — who could descend into hell to rescue his mother and ascend to the heavens to seek the Buddha's teaching — was a figure of active, dynamic sacred energy that Munakata's carving style could render with particular force.
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.
Maudgalyayana (Mokukenren), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)" was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1939-68.
Yes — Maudgalyayana (Mokukenren), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)" is part of the Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi) series by Shiko Munakata.
Maudgalyayana (Mokukenren), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)" depicts temples & shrines and religious.