World renowned woodblock print artist, Shiko MunakataShiko Munakata is a woodblock print artist who represents Japan. He was born to a swordsmith craftsman in Aomori in 1903, showed interest in painting since he was little, and moved to Tokyo to study painting when he was 21. He received his first award at the Imperial Academy art exhibition during his fifth year in Tokyo, in 1928. It was around this time that he started woodblock prints. He created woodblock prints while he continued to also paint, and soon began winning prizes at exhibitions. |
The nation’s largest collection of Munakata’s workShiko Munakata Memorial Museum opened in Aomori in 1975 to tell Shiko Munekata’s art to posterity. |
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Take time to look at each piece, one at a time”Rather than displaying a large number of pieces and having visitors become bored, or taking away from the impact of each piece, I would like viewers to take their time to look at each piece, one by one.”” was Shiko Menakata’s own wishes. For this reason, the rooms are not very big, and there aren’t many pieces to be distracting. Nakata also walks about slowly, stopping often to take in each piece. There are however, many pieces in the entire collection. So the exhibit is changed four times a year in order to give as many people a chance to view the pieces as possible. |
ACCESS
- Shiko Munakata Memorial Museum
- 2-1-2 Matsubara, Aomori, Aomori