Visitors to Enoshima, from the album "Mountains of the Four Quarters (Yomo no yama)"
early 19th century
Medium
Color woodblock print; surimono, page from an album
Dimensions
20.2 × 27.9 cm (8 × 11 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81387
Art Historical Context
Kubo Shunman's *Visitors to Enoshima from the album *Mount of the Four QuartersYomo no yama)*, captures the charm of early 19th Japan through a delicate color woodblock print. Created during the Edo period's ukiyo-e golden age, this surimono—a luxurious, privately commissioned print often made for New Year's greetings or poetry clubs—depicts sightseers at Enoshima, a island shrine near Kamakura renowned for its spiritual and leisure appeal. Shunman, a artist blending painting and printmaking, showcases his mastery in evoking everyday elegance amid nature's beauty. As a page from a thematic al...
About the Artist
Kubo Shunman · 1757–1820
Japanese, 1757–1820