Woodblock print by Shiko Munakata (1903-1975)
Dated: April 10, 1959
Signed in pencil on the bottom: Shiko Munakata   1959 4.10 at Columbus
"Seated figure of a woman"
Also signed by the artist and dedicated in pencil in Japanese at the top right, "To Ms. Ryuko Sato.
Munakata's famous 1959 United States lecture tour took him through Ohio.  On the tour, he was known to carve one-off woodblock prints on the spot at gatherings and present them to hosts or guests, as once described on the "Antiques Roadshow on TV".  This believe to be the origin of the present design.  It housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which has some differences in lines and the artist is known for adding a little more carving on the original block in later time.
Image size:  28.5 cm X 34 cm
Paper (used for the printing) size:  41 cm X 41 cm
Scroll size:  47 cm X 103 cm
Condition: Creasing from scrolling and one light small mark at the lower right margin area.