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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Shiko Munakata

Shikō Munakata was a woodblock printmaker active in Shōwa period Japan. He is associated with the sōsaku-hanga movement and the mingei movement. Munakata was awarded the "Prize of Excellence" at the Second International Print Exhibition in Lugano, Switzerland in 1952, and first prize at the São Paulo Bienal Exhibition in Brazil in 1955, followed by Grand Prix at the Venice Biennale in 1956, and the Order of Culture, the highest honor in the arts by the Japanese government in 1970.

September 5, 1903 - September 13, 1975
I make black and white prints because I want to go back to the beginning. — © Shiko Munakata
I make black and white prints because I want to go back to the beginning.
Black and white are absolute...expressing the most delicate vibration, the most profound tranquility, and unlimited profundity.
I want to strip my work of 'effects' until it stands monolithic, based on reality and yet transcending it. It must flow naturally from my materials, from the way of the chisel and the way of the block... It is the ultimate ideal.
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