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Aizen-en, Munakata Shiko's House

Toyama · Nanto · Museums

Japanese name: 福光 愛染苑(棟方志功旧居)

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Aizen-en, Munakata Shiko's House
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WHAT TO DOAizen-en, Munakata Shiko's House

Munakata lived here for nearly seven years and painted directly onto the walls - even the lavatory - making the house itself the work.

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Gosei · Nanto

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Munakata lived here for nearly seven years and painted directly onto the walls - even the lavatory - making the house itself the work.

About this place

Shikō Munakata (棟方 志功, Munakata Shikō; September 5, 1903 – September 13, 1975) was a woodblock printmaker active in Shōwa period Japan. He is associated with the sōsaku-hanga movement and the mingei (folk art) movement. Munakata was awarded the "Prize of Excellence" at the Second International Print Exhibition in Lugano, Switzerland in 1952, and first prize at the São Paulo Bienal Exhibition in Brazil in 1955, followed by Grand Prix at the Venice Biennale in 1956, and the Order of Culture, the highest honor in the arts by the Japanese government in 1970.

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Founded / opened:1945 Highlights / collection:Koiugasai, the house where Shiko Munakata evacuated, Woodblock prints and fusuma paintings Genre:Ukiyo-e and prints, Architecture

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