Bats
Shiko Munakata, Japanese, 1903 - 1975
about 1955
woodblock print on Japanese paper
Sheet: 25 1/4 × 23 1/2 in. (64.1 × 59.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
PR.965.64.1
Portfolio / Series Title
Once Again... In Praise of Hannyashin Sutra (Tsuikai Shingyosho)
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
無罣礙故無有恐怖 遠離一切顛倒夢想 究竟涅槃三世諸佛 Artist signature: [志功]
Course History
ARTH 65, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2015
Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Summer 2023
Exhibition History
20th Century Japanese Prints, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 26-May 30, 1976.
20th Century Japanese Prints, Palmer Lounge Cases, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 7-11, 1976, in conjunction with the New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies.
Munakata at Dartmouth, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26-March 26, 2019.
Provenance
The artist; given to present collection, 1965.
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