Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Splendid View at Futamigaura Bay
Ralph King, 1943.10.a · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Splendid View at Futamigaura Bay

1854

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
Left print from a triptych of color woodblock prints
Dimensions
36.9 × 24.8 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-203086

This is one of three prints forming a continuous scene of figures visiting Futamigaura Bay near Ise Grand Shrine, one of Japan’s most sacred places. In the background, the sun rises between the “Wedded Rocks” joined by a twisted rope, called a shimenawa, used to designate a sanctified space. The rocks mark the entrance to Futami Okitama Shrine and are said to be embodiments of Izanagi and Izanami, the gods who, according to myth, created Japan. Futamigaura was a place where pilgrims purified themselves before visiting Ise and often lodged afterwards.

Provenance

Ralph King, 1943.10.a

Registry history

  • 1854 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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