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Wall of the Tenpyô Era (Tenpyô no kabe no saku): Buddhist Figures


「天平の壁の柵」
Munakata Shikô (Japanese, 1903–1975)
Japanese
Shôwa era

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 Number2009.2791
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Shikô (in Japanese), Munakata (in romanization, both in pencil in lower margin)
志功
Marks Artist's seal
InscriptionsOn slip of paper adhered to verso:
鑑定證
第は七百十八号
題名
棟方志向作
「天平の壁の柵」
棟方巴里爾
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)