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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 twelfth-century warrior who became a Buddhist monk and celebrated waka poet, is credited in its record to the engraver Matsushima Seikichi. Saigyō, who lived from 1118 to 1190, was admired for poems on the moon, cherry blossoms, and the solitary life of travel and retreat, so Edo-period artists often returned to him as a subject. The record dates the print to 1750, a time when woodblock printing in Japan was well established and color was built up block by block from carved cherrywood. The print belongs to the Library of Congress's Japanese prints and drawings collection.

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 scan4,247 × 2,846 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227810

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