Spring, from the series "Four Seasons"
- Series:
- Four Seasons
- Date:
- 1961
- Medium:
- Hand-colored woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
"Spring" from the "Four Seasons" series of 1961 — hand-colored — brings together Munakata's figurative and seasonal subjects in a composition that uses the season as both setting and symbol. Spring in Munakata's hands would not be rendered through cherry blossoms in the conventional manner; his seasons were direct, physical presences — spring as a quality of light, warmth, and new growth experienced through the body rather than seen from a distance. The hand-coloring adds the seasonal palette directly to the printed image, the applied color translating the season into chromatic experience.
1960
Woodblock print
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
1939-68
Woodblock print
1939 (printed 1955)
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Spring, from the series "Four Seasons" was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1961.
Yes — Spring, from the series "Four Seasons" is part of the Four Seasons series by Shiko Munakata.
Spring, from the series "Four Seasons" depicts spring and seascapes.
