Woodblock print self-portrait (米壽自画像)

Self-portrait of the artist — woodblock print given as New Year gift

Object RecordPR-1805-001

Type: print
Date: 1805
Date Notes: Bunka 2 (1805); New Year's Day; age 88; woodblock print distributed as gifts
Medium: Woodblock print – ink on paper
Location: Dispersed (multiple recipients)
Country: Japan
Sources: YanagiPhotoBook1925

Notes

Entry 85 in Yanagi 1925 photo book (解説No 85). Poem on print: 木喰の身ははちぼくやあけのはるおもしろそうなぎょけいなりけり. Only known printed (non-carved) self-portrait.

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Image

Current Location

Dispersed (multiple recipients)

Japan

Related Poems

ゑがけども…

Though I carve and carve, / still the image remains — / the face of the Buddha / lingering in the heart.

W-002 ↗

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