Cat under a Tree, by a Stream with Fish

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Cat under a Tree, by a Stream with Fish

庭に猫、川に魚

Munakata Shikô (Japanese, 1903–1975)

Japanese

Shôwa era

1963 (Shôwa 38)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper

Dimensions 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Nancy Anderson Etani through the Nancy A. Etani Revocable Trust

Accession Number2009.2788

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CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably part of a series, but no further information has been found.

Signed Shikô (in Japanese), Munakata (in romanization, both in pencil in lower margin, with an additional inscription not yet read)
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ProvenanceBefore 2007, acquired in Japan from the Etani family by Mr. and Mrs. Kenji Etani; 2009, bequest of Mrs. Nancy Etani to the MFA. (Accession date: June 17, 2009)