Shikō Munakata
Japanese artist
Died when: 72 years 8 days (864 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Shiko Munakata (?? ??, Munakata Shiko, September 5, 1903 – September 13, 1975) was a woodblock printmaker active in Showa period Japan.He is associated with the sosaku-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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