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This catalog was published in conjunction with the 2002-2003 exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This comprehensive reference illustrates 350-plus examples of Munakata Shiko's woodcuts, watercolors, calligraphy, oil paintings, and calligraphy. The color illustrations reveal the range of the artist’s styles from the 1930s to the 1970s, each described in detail. The informative essays by art curators and art history professors examine Munakata’s art-filled life and the various literary sources that inspired him, as well as biographical information drawing on the artist’s own writings.