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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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This woodcut shows Saigyō, the Buddhist monk and waka poet who lived from 1118 to 1190 and spent much of his life traveling on foot through the provinces. He left the warrior class to take up religious life, and his poems about mountains, moon, and blossoms made him one of the most admired figures in Japanese literature. The print is dated 1750, in the middle of the Edo period, when color woodblock printing was flourishing and artists often turned to famous poets and historical figures as subjects. The record credits Matsushima Seikichi as engraver, and the subject headings also note priests of a later period, so the print may reflect how Saigyō's image was remembered and retold in the eighteenth 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 scan5,451 × 8,083 px · prints to 18 × 27 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227820

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