De dichter-priester Saigyo Hoshi opkijkend naar de Fuji berg
Nishimura Shigenaga
1720 - 1730
Medium
hand coloring
Dimensions
307; 159
About this artwork
houtsnede; lijnblok in zwart; met de hand gekleurd in roze en geel
About the Artist
Nishimura Shigenaga · 1690–1758
Nishimura Shigenaga (c. 1697–1756) was a pioneering Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker born in Edo (modern-day Tokyo), where he initially worked as a landlord in the Tōriabura-chō district before relocating to Kanda-Sakumachō to operate a bookshop. Self-taught with no known formal teacher, he immersed himself in art around 1719, drawing early inspiration from the Torii school's yakusha-e (actor portraits...