25205 Shiko Munakata (Kodansha Vol. 6 No. 138, 1959, From the Fence of Whitman's Poetry Collection Excerpts/Shiko Munakata Appraisal Committee)

Height: 35.0 (50.0) cm

Width 32.0 (47.0) cm

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").