The disciple Subodai / Shaka ju dai deshi (Ten Great Followers of Shaka)

Date:: 1939 (designed)
Medium:: Woodblock print
Edition:: Self-printed
Source:: British Museum

Typical Price

Complete multi-panel set or suite in excellent condition: $100,000–$500,000+
Individual panel from major series: $20,000–$80,000
Single significant work: $5,000–$20,000

Description

"The disciple Subodai / Shaka ju dai deshi (Ten Great Followers of Shaka)" from 1939 (designed) is the original carving of the Subhuti/Shubodai subject that Munakata would reprint in later decades in different series contexts. The 1939 carving represents the first encounter with this figure, the initial act of searching for and finding Subhuti's form within the wood. The disciple of emptiness, found in the woodblock's surface — the formless discovered through the act of removal, the carved void revealing what had always been present.

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Flying Over the Mountains (Yamagoe), from the series "The Tale of the Auklet (Uto Hanga-kan)"

1960

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Bodhisattva Manjusri (Monju bosatsu no saku), from the series Ten Great Disciples of the Buddha Sakyamuni (Shaka jûdai deshi), Shôwa period, undated (block carved 1948)

Shôwa period, 1926-1989

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Ragora (Rahula), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"

1939-68

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Ubari (Upali), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"

1939 (printed 1955)

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Frequently Asked Questions

The disciple Subodai / Shaka ju dai deshi (Ten Great Followers of Shaka) was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1939 (designed).

The disciple Subodai / Shaka ju dai deshi (Ten Great Followers of Shaka) depicts figures, religious, and mythology.