"Night Wind Over Lake" — ink on paper, dated to the Showa period — captures the Munakata landscape at its most elemental: wind-disturbed water at night, the darkness and movement rendered through the woodblock's capacity for strong tonal contrast. The night wind on a lake surface creates forms that Munakata's carving style could render with particular force: the disturbed water patterns, the darkness pressing in from all sides, the sense of an invisible force moving through a landscape that is otherwise still. The print carries the atmospheric weight of deep night in an open natural setting.
1960
Woodblock print
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
1939-68
Woodblock print
1939 (printed 1955)
Woodblock print
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Night Wind Over Lake was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in Shōwa period,.
Night Wind Over Lake depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and night scenes.
Night Wind Over Lake measures 35 × 48 cm.