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Shiko Munakata
[Japanese Printmaker, 1903-1975]
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Shiko Munakata Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio
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Childbirth
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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No Footprints Show where Flowers Are Deep
Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago
Shiko Munakata at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Artelino Ukiyo-e Signatures
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish) 
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Miscellaneous Sites:
Viewing Japanese Prints
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Shiko Munakata 
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Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Multimedia:
Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Appraisals
"1959 Munakata Shiko Woodblock Print"
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
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The Woodblock and the Artist
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