Catalog record · 目録番号 22731
Kinkizan on Enoshima Island in Sagami Province
Catalog note / 解説
This print is an 'uchiwa-e' (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige. It is one of a series of 'aizuri' or monochrome blue depictions of famous places in Sagami Province (Kanagawa Prefecture). This particular view shows the island of Enoshima. It is situated off the coast of Suruga Bay to the west of Kamakura, Japan's military capital from 1185 to 1333. The gatelike structure across the water marks the beginning of the approach to the cluster of shrine buildings. You can just see them among the trees in the upper part of the island. The Kinkizan of the title is part of the Buddhist name of what was a combined Buddhist and Shinto establishment. The Meiji government forced separation of religiou…
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · 1855 · vam
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