Weasel
- Date:
- c. 1920s
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
"Weasel" — catalogued as c. 1920s — is an early Munakata work, predating his breakthrough into Buddhist subjects and his mature woodblock style. The weasel (itachi), a quick, sinuous creature with an ambiguous reputation in Japanese folklore (both a messenger of the gods and an omen of ill luck), appears here as a subject in what may be one of Munakata's earliest surviving prints. The choice of this animal — small, energetic, somewhat disreputable — hints at the outsider directness that would characterize his mature work.
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.
Weasel was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in c. 1920s.
Weasel depicts mythology and animals.
