22521 MUNAKATA Shiko (The Fence of the Tenpi Drum and Fife)

Height 38.5cm (excluding frame)

Width 26.5cm (excluding frame)

Mune Shiko is also famous as the author of "The Shackles of Heavenly Fei and the Drum and Fife," and is an artist highly acclaimed both in Japan and overseas.

He has exhibited works such as "The Astonished Ones" at the Venice Biennale, an international contemporary art exhibition, where he won the first International Print Award.

Mune Shiko established his own unique style of composition and produced works using a technique called urasai, in which paint is applied from the back of the printing block.

He also met Muneyoshi Yanagi, who recognized his talent and deepened his ties with ceramic artists from the "Gei Undōdo" (a movement to make use of the beauty of ordinary and refined items, as stated in the "Statement of Purpose for the Establishment of the Japanese Art Museum").

It is believed to have been created during his stay in the United States in 1959 (Showa 34).