Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima (c. 1790): Art, History and Details

Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima (c. 1790) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima
• Date: c. 1790
• Creator attribution: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Print
• Technique: triptych of color woodblock prints
• Dimensions: Each: 37.8 x 25.2 cm (14 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1921.407

Collection credit

Gift from J. H. Wade

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