id: 103351 accession number: 1921.407 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.407 updated: 2023-03-20 10:12:05.160000 Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima, c. 1790. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Triptych of color woodblock prints; each: 37.8 x 25.2 cm (14 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.407 title: Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima title in original language: 江之島岩屋の釣遊び series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1790 creation date earliest: 1790 creation date latest: 1794 current location: creditline: Gift from J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: triptych of color woodblock prints department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806) - artist --- measurements: Each: 37.8 x 25.2 cm (14 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signature: Utamaro ga Censorship Seal: kiwame translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Jacquin Collection (sale: Walpole Galleries, January 20, 1921, lot 116) date: footnotes: citations: (Yamanaka & Co.) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.407/1921.407_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.407/1921.407_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.407/1921.407_full.tif