Mt. Fuji through Pines
Shunmanlate 1700s-early 1800s
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.
- 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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