[Saigyo leaving his house to be a priest] – Vintage Wall Art
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(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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This rare historic print captures [Saigyo leaving his house to be a priest] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Saigyo leaving his house to be a priest]
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Few figures in Japanese verse are as well loved as Saigyō, the warrior-turned-monk named in this print's title by his secular name, Satō Norikiyo. Born into a family of samurai who guarded the palace, he left that service and entered Buddhist orders while still a young man, then spent much of his life traveling and writing waka poems about mountains, travel and the passing of things. Utagawa Kuniyoshi, one of the most inventive woodblock designers of the late Edo period, made this vertical two-sheet diptych around 1849 to 1852, when his heroic and historical subjects drew strong demand. The sheets are signed by the artist, and the portrait of a famous poet-priest shows how Kuniyoshi turned classical literary figures into vivid, theatrical images.
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut color. |
| Notes | Title and other information from annotations on mount. Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Diptych mounted on 2 boards: left (2211a) and right (2211b). Preliminary catalog record |
| Subjects | Saigyō 1118-1190--Religion--Japan. Priests--Japan--1800-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,448 × 3,577 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227341 |
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