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Munakata, Shikô (1903 - 1975)

Two heavenly maidens
Paper size: 30 x 53 cm. Print dedicated to 保田 與重郎 - Yasuda Yojūrō (1910-1981), the name of his Kyoto mansion 身余堂 (Shinyodō) in the black oblong cartouche top left. Yasuda Yojūrō was a culture czar in post-war Kyoto, ánd the author of the Kodansha monograph on Munakata in 1950s. The text above reads “みささきの このかたおか のとよあき にわがにひつ”, which hasn’t yielded a good translation (yet). The colours applied to the back of the print as always. Signed in pencil with red Munakata seal. Dated “9158”, which should be interpreted as “1958”.

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Fine impression and colours, good/very good condition: printed on thin crinkly paper, frayed at the edges in several places, probably a characteristic of the kind of paper used.