Mt. Fuji through Pines (late 1700s-early 1800s): Art, History and Details

Mt. Fuji through Pines (late 1700s-early 1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820).

The work and its context

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

Kubo Shunman dashed off this loose image of Mt. Fuji viewed in the distance from behind pine trees as a performance painting, or sekiga. 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 kyoka poems, 31-syllable poems like the classical Japanese waka 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.

Object facts

• Title: Mt. Fuji through Pines
• Date: late 1700s-early 1800s
• Creator attribution: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Painting
• Technique: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
• 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.)
• Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1995.18

Collection credit

Kelvin Smith Fund

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