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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Oak Tree
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Oak Tree

Date1965
Maker Shikō Munakata Japanese, 1903 - 1975
Label TextA contemporary of Yanagi Soetsu and Hamada Shoji, Munakata Shiko was an artist who was closely associated with the sosaku hanga movement (prints designed, carved, and printed by the artist) in addition to the Mingei movement. While sosaku hanga was particularly focused on prints, its focus on individual artists was compatible with Yanagi Soetsu’s vision of a humble craftsperson who almost unconsciously produced art. This print is comprised of thick, harsh, inky lines that emerge from a solid trunk into a web of branches.
Object number2013.4.6
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Exceptionally Ordinary: Mingei 1920–2020, Dec. 14, 2019 - Sept. 6, 2021 [on view Mar. 24 - Sept. 6, 2021].
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Robert M. Shields
Dimensions15 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. (39.4 x 30.8 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink on paper
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Shikō Munakata
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Object number: 46.272
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The Cherry Tree at Kawagoe
1935
Object number: 2004.13
Photo: William Wickett
South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.15
Image Not Available for Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-33
Object number: 2010.47.2
Image Not Available for Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.47.3
Image Not Available for The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.4
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
The Poem of Ariwara no Narihira (Ariwara no Narihira Ason)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.5
Image Not Available for The Poem of Ono no Komachi, from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse
The Poem of Ono no Komachi, from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.6
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
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Katsushika Hokusai
1830-32
Object number: 2009.71