Bonzes

Bonzes  is a drypoint on Japon paper, etched on leather, made by Georges Ferdinand Bigot (Paris, 1860 - 1927). From Croquis Japonais , a print suite of 21 drypoints, a collection published at the author's expense in Tokyo in 1886.

Titled on plate on the lower right margin, signed on plate on the lower left " G. Bigot ".

Overall very good conditions, except for some sporadic minor stains on the lower margin.

In this modern art print, two bonzes are represented during a Buddhist religious ceremony. The black and gray palette is very broad.

Bónzo , literally " master of the cell " or, according to others, boshi , i.e. " master of the law ", is the title given to religious men who have completed their formation. The term Buddhist monk appears for the first time in the West, in a letter written by St. Francesco Saverio in 1549.

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