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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 poet and Buddhist monk who lived from 1118 to 1190 and who left a court career to wander Japan and write waka poetry about nature and solitude. Later artists often drew him as a traveler with a staff and a sedge hat, so his image became a familiar subject in Japanese prints. The library's record gives the engraver as Matsushima Seikichi and the date as 1750, but a catalog note records that Kita considers the print a fake, so the attribution and date should be read with caution. The subject tags also point to priests of the 1800 to 1870 period, which suggests the image may reflect later tastes.

Created / published1750
CreatorMatsushima Seikichi engraver.
Medium1 print : woodcut color.
NotesForms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Fake (per Kita)
SubjectsSaigyō 1118-1190--Religion--Japan. Priests--Japan--1800-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan5,525 × 7,300 px · prints to 18 × 24 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227801

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