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[Japanese Ukiyo-e print] – Vintage Print

[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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Step back in time with [Japanese Ukiyo-e print], a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Enoshima, a small island linked to the mainland by a causeway off the coast of Kanagawa Province, is the setting here, and its shrine to Benzaiten, goddess of music, water, and fortune, drew pilgrims from Edo for generations. Prints like this were made for a broad urban audience, and the tall, narrow pillar format was meant to hang on a post or wall. The catalog date of 1750 predates the Utagawa artists named here, so the print most likely belongs to the mid-nineteenth century, when travel and pilgrimage prints were especially popular.

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 scan5,857 × 16,904 px · prints to 20 × 56 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227758

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