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Details
- Other Title
- Night visit
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Shōwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Date
- 1938
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 28.0 cm image
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., pencil "Shikô [in Japanese] Munakata [in English]" [and artist's mark]. Artist's seal l.c., ink [stamped]. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1968
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Asian Lantern galleries
- Accession number
- DO28.1968
- Copyright
- © MUNATAKA Shikô
- Artist information
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Munakata Shikō
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About
When he made this series of 31 Prints, Munakata was inspired by the centuries-old No play of the same title. The image depicts the wife of a hunter, who unbeknown to her, has been condemned to become a devil to atone for taking the life of fellow creatures. The wife is shown opening her door to a monk, the bearer of the message and relics from her husband, who can no longer return to her. Munakata has eloquently captured this fleeting moment in the wife's inquiring expression. Most of the woodblocks of this 1938 series were lost. This is one of the few to survive.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.283.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Hanga: Japanese creative prints, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 28 Oct 2000–07 Jan 2001
Correspondence, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Sep 2022–2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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AJIOKA, Hanga: Japanese creative prints, '1930s-1950s: Consolidation of Hanga and the individualists', pg. 70-98, Sydney, 2000, 82 (colour illus.), 102, 109. cat.no. 4.7 In this publication this work is titled 'Night visit'.
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Individuality in early 20th century works on paper', Sydney, 2003, 283 (colour illus.).
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Provenance
The Crossley Gallery, Nov 1968, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, November 1968.