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Priest Saigyo Contemplating Mount Fuji by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB

Priest Saigyo Contemplating Mount Fuji

Priest Saigyo Contemplating Mount Fuji

Kitao Shigemasa

1770–1779

Medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print

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Picture of the Eastern Beauties

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The Poet Sugawara Michizane

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Courtesans of Oebuji, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of Oebuji, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

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Kitao Shigemasa, 1780

Viewing Maple Leaves (Momijigari), from the series "Dance Customs of Captivating Figures (Adesugata odori fuzoku)"

Viewing Maple Leaves (Momijigari), from the series "Dance Customs of Captivating Figures (Adesugata odori fuzoku)"

Kitao Shigemasa, 1767

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Plum Tree in Blossom

Kitao Shigemasa, 1739

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Kitao Shigemasa, 1739

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Nagoya Sanzaburo in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Tsuitachi," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1766

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Kitao Shigemasa, 1766

Boy as Hotei, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Boy as Hotei, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Kitao Shigemasa, 1780

Courtesans of Matsubaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of Matsubaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

Crossing the Bridge at Sano

Crossing the Bridge at Sano

Kitao Shigemasa, 1769