Ragora (Rahula) — in the "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples" series (carved 1939, reprinted 1968) — returns to the figure of the Buddha's son, here in a different compositional context from the earlier "Ten Great Disciples" print. The repeated engagement with Rahula across different series and printings demonstrates Munakata's sustained interest in this figure's specific narrative: the son who chose the path of renunciation over the path of worldly succession. Each reprinting of the 1939 block in a new context gave the figure a slightly different resonance.
1960
Woodblock print
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
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.
Ragora (Rahula), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)" was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1939-68.
Yes — Ragora (Rahula), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)" is part of the Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi) series by Shiko Munakata.
Ragora (Rahula), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)" depicts temples & shrines and religious.