Japanese Print "Meeting of Priest and Wife" by Mizuno Toshikata
Artist:Mizuno Toshikata
Title:Meeting of Priest and Wife
Date:Ca. 1900- 1910's.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Frontispiece illustration from the popular literary magazine, Bungei Kurabu Vol.9, No. 1, which was aimed at largely female readers in Meiji - Taisho era. The tragic scene of the wandering priest Saigyo meeting his wife in late autumn. She became a nun after he had left.