Saigyo Hoshi gazing at Mt. Fuji

Arts of Asia

c. 1730s

Nishimura Shigenaga
Japanese, 1697 (?)-1756

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Artist: Nishimura Shigenaga
Title: Saigyo Hoshi gazing at Mt. Fuji
Origin: Japan
Date: 1730–1739
Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
Dimensions: 13 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1942.80

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