Woman with Hibiscus Blossom (Haibisukasu no onna)
- Date:
- Shōwa period,
- Medium:
- Woodblock print; ink on paper
- Dimensions:
- 29.5 × 25.6 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
"Woman with Hibiscus Blossom (Haibisukasu no onna)" — ink on paper, Showa period — is one of Munakata's female figures holding or accompanied by a flower, a compositional format he used throughout his career to give his women both a natural element and a symbolic charge. The hibiscus (haibisukasu, a tropical flower associated with Hawaii and the subtropics) suggests this print may date from his travels to Hawaii in the 1950s-60s, the tropical flower providing an exotic, high-color element against the woman's figure. The combination of female presence and flamboyant natural flower was among Munakata's most freely sensual subjects.
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.
Woman with Hibiscus Blossom (Haibisukasu no onna) was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in Shōwa period,.
Woman with Hibiscus Blossom (Haibisukasu no onna) depicts birds & flowers and bijin-ga.
Woman with Hibiscus Blossom (Haibisukasu no onna) measures 29.5 × 25.6 cm.
