{"product_id":"munakatashiko_hangashu","title":"Munakata Shiko Hanga-shu","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost reverently and with awe, I have humbly and undeservedly received the eloquent, painstaking prefaces of my two revered masters, Yanagi Sōetsu¹ and Umehara Ryūzaburō² — this is the supreme adornment, deep and inexhaustible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first book of mine to be completed as a pure collection of\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehanga\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e(woodblock prints), and it is precious for its earnest, single-minded significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fear and awe I say: the nation met with calamity, and, bathed in its leaping flames, was made clean; and I do not regard it as a loss that nothing of my defiled, entire self was left remaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shadowed carving-marks of the woodblocks that became flame turned, further, into\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehanga\u003c\/em\u003e; and the supreme thing that has become this book is, I believe, a beautiful great\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebodhi\u003c\/em\u003e-flower offered to the woodblocks themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor my temporary dwelling until I go out to Tokyo, I give my whole body over to this Zakke-dō Hall, called Aizen-en, in Fukumitsu-machi, Toyama Prefecture, and there, setting my heart firm, welling up and sinking down in joy, I go on carving into\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehanga\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003ethe resonance of the great heaven and the great earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraying that\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehanga\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003eitself is Life, I do nothing but stride across, from this shore toward the far shore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFebruary 22, 1947, at the Shingama — from Munakata Shikō's afterword.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e※\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe frontispiece is a woodblock print bearing Munakata's seal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e¹\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYanagi Sōetsu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e(1889–1961) — founder of the\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMingei\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e(folk-craft) movement; an early champion of Munakata's work.\u003cbr\u003e²\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUmehara Ryūzaburō\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e(1888–1986) — leading Western-style (\u003cem\u003eyōga\u003c\/em\u003e) painter of modern Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"書肆 秋櫻舎 \/ SHUOSHA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46306234859692,"sku":null,"price":180000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/1356\/9964\/files\/R0006261_9f2ba72f-fdd1-40a3-ad73-649e6f587ad0.jpg?v=1781826465","url":"https:\/\/shuosha-books.com\/en\/products\/munakatashiko_hangashu","provider":"書肆 秋櫻舎　SHUOSHA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}