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[Japanese print] – Historic Reproduction

[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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Step back in time with [Japanese print], a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A color woodcut of Saigyō, the twelfth-century poet who left a samurai career to become a Buddhist monk, sets this print apart from the other pictures on the board that share its subject. Saigyō (1118-1190) is remembered for waka poems on nature, travel and impermanence, and his wandering life made him a favorite figure in Japanese art for centuries. The print is credited to the engraver Matsushima Seikichi and dated 1750, a period when Edo-era woodblock printing was flourishing. Its records place it within 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 scan5,658 × 7,847 px · prints to 19 × 26 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227817

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