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[Japanese print], 1750 — historic print
[Japanese print], 1750. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This woodcut shows Saigyō, the twelfth-century monk and poet who left a warrior's life in his twenties to take Buddhist vows and wander Japan. His waka, collected in imperial anthologies, celebrated cherry blossoms, the moon, and the solitary journey, so later artists often returned to him as a figure of quiet devotion. The print is dated 1750, a period when color woodblock printing flourished in Edo and such images circulated widely among townspeople. The record credits the engraver Matsushima Seikichi, and the print's color and carving are worth examining for how they render a religious figure through the conventions of popular printmaking.

Created / published1750
CreatorMatsushima Seikichi engraver.
Medium1 print : woodcut color.
NotesForms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
SubjectsSaigyō 1118-1190--Religion--Japan. Priests--Japan--1800-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan4,877 × 7,045 px · prints to 16 × 23 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227808

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