Art, literature & historyThe Bright of Evening
About 1954
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 36 × 42.2 cm (14 3/16 × 16 5/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1979.620
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Bright of Evening — Shikō Munakata. About 1954.
Medium: Woodblock print. Dimensions: 36 × 42.2 cm (14 3/16 × 16 5/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
This image is based on a poem by Yoshimura Shukuho, which is written on the print: How it spills above the earth In the bright of evening someone cries It is spring
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.