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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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A color woodcut of Saigyō, the poet-monk whose dates are given in the record as 1118 to 1190, makes this print a portrait of a religious figure rather than a scene of everyday life. Saigyō left his position as a warrior at court to become a Buddhist monk and spent much of his life traveling, writing waka poems about nature, travel, and solitude. His wandering, devout figure became a favorite subject in later Japanese art. The record dates the print to 1750 and credits the engraving to Matsushima Seikichi, so the image reflects how an 18th-century printmaker pictured a poet who had lived more than five centuries earlier.

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 scan5,261 × 6,570 px · prints to 18 × 22 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227815

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