Kitagawa Utamaro, Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima
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Kitagawa Utamaro

Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima

c. 1790

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
triptych of color woodblock prints
Dimensions
37.8 × 25.2 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-205740

The island Enoshima in Kanagawa prefecture in eastern Japan, near the city of Kamakura, is one home of the goddess Benzaiten, who is associated with water as well as music and entertainment. The island’s Iwaya caves were for centuries a place for meditative retreat, but by the time this scene near their entrance was printed, pilgrimages combining religious sentiment with touristic intent were popular, and remain so today.

Provenance

Wade, 1921.407

Registry history

  • c. 1790 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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