# Shiko Munakata - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T17:50:14.947Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 708
- Lots with prices: 482
- First auction date: 1986-08-18
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-14
- Median realised price: $4,600
- Price range: $18 to $4,800,000

## Market Takeaway
Shiko Munakata shows deep auction liquidity with 485 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,825. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 24 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,825\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,500 and $10,455.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 15.3% (47 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58.1% (179 sales)
- $10,000\+: 26.6% (82 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 24
- Previous 12 months sales: 31
- Recent 12 months median: $1,300
- Previous 12 months median: $2,142
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-14
- Days since latest sale: 35
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 200 lots
- Litografias.net: 78 lots
- Sotheby's: 69 lots
- Bonhams: 67 lots
- Mallet Auction: 62 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 20 lots
- Skinner: 19 lots
- New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions: 16 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 15 lots
- Eldred's: 7 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-01-05 | MUNAKATA SHIKO\(1903\-1975\),A CALLIGRAPHY IN SEAL SCRIPTAN INK PAINTING OF A WOMAN | Ethereal Auctioneers | NT$110,000
2. 2022-03-22 | MUNAKATA SHIKO \(1903\-1975\) Tsuikai Munakata hanga Tokaido myotai byobu \(Ad | Christie's | $81,900
3. 2016-09-14 | Munakata Shiko \(1903\-1975\) One woodblock print | Bonhams | $6,250
4. 2026-01-14 | Shiko Munakata \(Japanese, 1903\-1975\) Woodcut | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $2,100
5. 2026-01-08 | SHIKO MUNAKATA \(1903 \- 1975\) \(12 works\), Yasakawa Calender, 1973, embellished lithographs on washi paper, 39 x 29cm, each, signed in print, each \| Private Collection, Sydney | Lawsons | A$700
6. 2025-12-22 | SHIKO MUNAKATA LITHOGRAPH OF A WOODBLOCK PRINT FRAMED | District Auction | $240
7. 2025-11-24 | Munakata Shiko \(Japanese, 1903\-1975\) Posthumous Woodcut | Material Culture | $150
8. 2025-11-22 | Japanese woodblock Print Shiko Munakata | Woodblock Prints World | N/A
9. 2025-10-25 | Shiko Munakata \(Japanese 1903\-1975\), "Gautama and Bodhisattvas", 1960, Woodcut on handmade kozo paper, hand painted, Signed in Roman script with artist’s seal, with Print Club of Cleveland label on reverse \(Publicatio... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $500
10. 2025-10-01 | Shiko Munakata \(Japanese, 1903\-1975\), "Self\-Portrait with Boat on the Hudson River", 1959 | South Bay Auctions Inc | $3,900
11. 2025-10-01 | Shiko Munakata \(Japanese, 1903\-1975\), "Two Figures", 1959, woodcut | South Bay Auctions Inc | $600
12. 2025-10-01 | Shiko Munakata \(Japanese, 1903\-1975\), Self Portrait, woodcut | South Bay Auctions Inc | $1,100
13. 2025-09-28 | Shiko Munakata \(1903 \- 1975\) Triptych | Helmuth Stone | $100
14. 2025-09-13 | Shiko Munakata \(1903\-1975\) Woodblock Print | Joshua Kodner | $415 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-shiko-munakata-1903-1975-woodblock-print-150-c-6564009be9
15. 2025-05-31 | Shiko Munakata \(Japanese, 1903\-1975\) woodcut | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $1,800
16. 2025-05-31 | Shiko Munakata \(Japanese, 1903\-1975\) woodcut | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | N/A
17. 2025-05-28 | Shiko Munakata, Satsuko | Wright | $1,300
18. 2025-05-24 | Shiko MUNAKATA: "Cover for Munakata no Saku". | Armstrong Fine Art | N/A
19. 2025-05-17 | Shiko Munakata \(Japanese 1903\-1975\) , "Hawk Woman", 1958, Woodcut on Japan paper, edition 98/200, Signed and dated upper right in pencil Munakata 1958 along with red character seal, plate size 15 1/2" x 12 1/2" | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $1,500
20. 2025-05-15 | SHIKO MUNAKATA \(Japanese, 1903\-1975\) Untitled woodcut 9 x 14.5cm \(image\); 15 x 17cm \(sheet, reveal\); 29 x 30.5cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | N/A
21. 2025-05-15 | SHIKO MUNAKATA \(Japanese, 1903\-1975\) Goddess of Light reproduction print on silk 64 x 49.5cm \(image\); 69 x 51cm \(reveal\); 86 x 67cm... | Leonard Joel | N/A
22. 2025-04-16 | SHIKO MUNAKATA \(Japanese, 1903\-1975\) Young Queen 1968 woodcut 11 x 10.5cm \(image\); 17 x 13.5cm \(reveal\); 29 x 28cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | A$2,600
23. 2025-04-16 | SHIKO MUNAKATA \(Japanese, 1903\-1975\) Untitled woodcut 9 x 14.5cm \(image\); 15 x 17cm \(sheet, reveal\); 29 x 30.5cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | N/A
24. 2025-03-27 | MUNAKATA SHIKO \(1903\-1975\). Ragora no saku \(Rahula\). 39 x 15 in. \(99.1 x 38 | Christie's | $15,120

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