# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shiko-munakata
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:38:14.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shiko-munakata"
name: "Shikō Munakata"
slug: "shiko-munakata"
description: "Shikō Munakata  was a woodblock printmaker active in Shōwa period Japan. He is associated with the sōsaku-hanga movement and the mingei 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."
tagline: "Japanese artist (1903-1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shik%C5%8D_Munakata.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1903-09-05"
deathDate: "1975-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.470570666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%9F%E6%96%B9%E5%BF%97%E5%8A%9F"
    title: "棟方志功"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shik%C5%8D_Munakata"
    title: "Shikō Munakata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shik%C5%8D_Munakata"
    title: "Shikō Munakata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shik%C5%8D_Munakata"
    title: "Shikō Munakata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%9F%E6%96%B9%E5%BF%97%E5%8A%9F"
    title: "棟方志功"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shik%C5%8D_Munakata"
    title: "Shikō Munakata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiko_Munakata"
    title: "Shiko Munakata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shik%C5%8D_Munakata"
    title: "Shikō Munakata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Мунаката Сико"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1251247"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump