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医王盛夏景(四季福光風景)
A lone hawk stares into the distance. A lithograph produced by Munakata and published by Yasukawa depicting a somewhat abstract coloured backdrop of red, orange green, purple and yellow – with a delicately illustrated hawk stood upon a rock. The Japanese poem (waka) also pro- duced my Munakata. Munakata was very fond of hawks since seeing them for the first time on Mt. Hakkoda in Aomori prefecture. The second part of the title, Shiki Fukumitsu Fuukei refers to the scenery of the four seasons viewed in Fukumitsu a town in Toyama prefecture that Munakata was evacuated to at the end of World War 2.
An exquisite lithograph produced on a very textural Japanese ‘washi’ paper, published by Yasukawa as part of their collaborative calendar project.
Dimensions: 31 x 33 cm
Original Printing Date: 1953, (Litho printing date: 2020)
