Monju Bodhisattva seated on a lion
(Kishimonjyu no saku 騎獅文殊の柵)
(1951); printed 1958
- Medium
- hand-coloured woodblock
- Measurements
- 66.3 × 41.3 cm irreg. (image) 70.0 × 47.0 cm irreg. (sheet)
- Place/s of Execution
- Japan
- Inscription
- inscribed (vertically) in pencil (in image) l.l.: 志功 Munakata
inscribed in pencil (in image) l.l.: 1958 / 9.9 (line with arrow pointing left)
stamped in red ink (in relief) l.l.: 棟
inscribed in red pencil on reverse l.l.: Shiko Munakata / C # 89 Japanese song (A) - Accession Number
- 697-5
- Departments
- International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1960
© Munakata Shikō Estate
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
- Animals Human Figures Religion and Mythology
- Subjects (specific)
- bodhisattvas boys flower (motif) leaves (plant components) lion (species) Manjushri (Buddhist bodhisattva) men (male humans) seated figures
