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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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Saigyō, the twelfth-century warrior who left his post to become a wandering Buddhist monk, is the figure this woodcut depicts, and his life gives the image its meaning. He is best remembered as a poet, especially for verses about cherry blossoms, the moon, and the solitude of travel, and later artists returned to him again and again as a model of the retired poet-pilgrim. The record credits Matsushima Seikichi as engraver and dates the print to 1750, a time when Japanese color woodcuts were still produced with a more limited palette than the full-color prints that came later in the century.

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 scan4,405 × 6,302 px · prints to 15 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227811

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