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[Japanese Ukiyo-e print] – Antique Wall Art

[Japanese Ukiyo-e print], 1750 — historic print
[Japanese Ukiyo-e 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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Enoshima, a small island off the coast of Kanagawa, is the place this print singles out, and its shrine to the goddess Benzaiten drew pilgrims throughout the Edo period. The subject headings point to pilgrims and shrines in Edo-era Japan between 1840 and 1860, and the attributed Utagawa-school artists worked around that time. The tall, narrow pillar format, called *hashira-e*, suited vertical scenes like this one, where figures and the island's steep approaches can be framed in a single column. The record's date of 1750 predates the artists' careers, so the mid-nineteenth century is the more likely period of printing.

Created / published1750
CreatorUtagawa Hiroshige 1826?-1869 artist.Utagawa Hiroshige 1842?-1894 artist.
Medium1 print : woodcut color.
NotesForms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Pillar print
SubjectsPilgrims--Japan--1840-1860. Shrines--Japan--Edo--1840-1860. Japanese--Spiritual life--Japan--1840-1860. Eno Island (Kanagawa-ken Japan)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan2,112 × 9,625 px · prints to 7 × 32 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227738

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