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Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima
Utamaroc. 1790
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima
- Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
- Date Created: c. 1790
- Physical Dimensions: Each: 37.8 x 25.2 cm (14 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: Jacquin Collection (sale: Walpole Galleries, January 20, 1921, lot 116), (Yamanaka & Co.)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.407
- Medium: triptych of color woodblock prints
- Original Title: 江之島岩屋の釣遊び
- Inscriptions: Signature: Utamaro ga Censorship Seal: kiwame
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Gift from J. H. Wade
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1921.407
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