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Mt. Fuji through Pines

Shunmanlate 1700s-early 1800s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Kubo Shunman dashed off this loose image of Mt. Fuji viewed in the distance from behind pine trees as a performance painting, or <em>sekiga</em>. He did it on the spot in the company of members of his poetry club. Six of them, including the club's founder Yadoya no Meshimori (Rokujuen, 1753–1830), added <em>kyoka</em> poems, 31-syllable poems like the classical Japanese <em>waka</em> poem in form, but with a heavy emphasis on humor. Shunman jotted down a poem as well, in the bottom right corner of the painting, before signing and sealing it. Each poem takes the painted image as its point of departure.

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  • Title: Mt. Fuji through Pines
  • Creator: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
  • Date Created: late 1700s-early 1800s
  • Physical Dimensions: Painting only: 90 x 30.8 cm (35 7/16 x 12 1/8 in.); Including mounting: 183.5 x 49.5 cm (72 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.18
  • Medium: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
  • Inscriptions: Signed: painted by Shunman and others (Shunman narabi utsu [su]) Sealed: Shunman
  • Department: Japanese Art
  • Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
  • Credit Line: Kelvin Smith Fund
  • Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
  • Accession Number: 1995.18

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