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[The itinerant monk Shintoku cures a mute girl] – Antique Print

[The itinerant monk Shintoku cures a mute girl] — historic print
[The itinerant monk Shintoku cures a mute girl]. 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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Here a wandering monk named Shintoku is shown curing a mute girl, the miracle that gives this two-page woodcut its subject. Dated to about 1713, the sheet comes from Japan's Edo period, when illustrated accounts of healings and wonders circulated widely among townspeople. Itinerant holy men of the time often drew crowds with such cures, and prints like this one carried their reputations well beyond the roads they traveled. Look closely at the monk's gestures and the faces of the onlookers, which show how the scene was meant to read as both marvel and moral lesson.

Medium1 print (2 pages) : woodcut.
Genredreams and substances
Notes[1713?]
SubjectsHealing--Japan--1710-1720. Mute persons--Japan--1710-1720. Monks--Japan--1710-1720.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,650 × 4,574 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222064

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