Mountain landscape with farm (1)
- Date:
- 1950
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
Description
"Mountain landscape with farm (1)" from 1950 — the first in a series of mountain-farm landscape compositions — places Munakata in the tradition of Japanese landscape that combined agricultural human settlement and natural mountain backdrop. The farm set against the mountain is a characteristically Japanese compositional subject: the smallness of human cultivation against the mass and permanence of the high country. Munakata's handling of this subject would carry the same bold, direct carving energy as his sacred figures — the mountain's geological mass rendered through the woodblock's capacity for strong, clean contrast.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Mountain landscape with farm (1) was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1950.
Mountain landscape with farm (1) depicts landscapes and mountains.