Block 62

Lot 24. SAIGYO HOSHI CONTEMPLATING FUJI

Lot 24. SAIGYO HOSHI CONTEMPLATING FUJI

Image is possibly an example of this print from the Art Institute of Chicago

NISHIMURA SHIGENAGA (B. 1697, d. 1756)

Saigyo was a Fujiwara noble of the twelfth century whose opposition to Yoritomo caused him to renounce all his dignities and become a travelling Buddhist priest.

Hoso-e. Hand colored urushi-e. Signed: Nishimura Shigenaga. Publisher: Maru-ya. About 1725(?).

Purchaser: Charles H. Chandler
Price: $7.50

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