Mokukenren from Great Disciples of Buddha
- Date:
- 1939
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
Mokukenren (Maudgalyayana) — one of the Ten Great Disciples of the historical Buddha, renowned for his supernatural powers and his rescue of his mother from hell — appears in this 1939 print from Munakata's "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples" series. Mokukenren's identity as the disciple associated with miraculous intervention gave Munakata a subject of concentrated spiritual energy: a figure whose defining characteristic was the power to bridge realms, to descend into darkness and return with the lost. This quality of active, intervening compassion suited Munakata's bold, direct carving style.
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.
Mokukenren from Great Disciples of Buddha was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1939.
Mokukenren from Great Disciples of Buddha depicts temples & shrines and religious.