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Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Pilgrimage to the Cave Shrine of Benzaiten on Enoshima in Sagami Province (Soshu Enoshima Benzaiten kaicho mode hongu iwaya no zu)
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn

Pilgrimage to the Cave Shrine of Benzaiten on Enoshima in Sagami Province (Soshu Enoshima Benzaiten kaicho mode hongu iwaya no zu)

Dateca. 1850
Label TextThis set of three prints depicts the back view of Enoshima, showing the Iwaya cave, the main shrine, on the right. Mount Fuji is seen in the distance on the left. Groups of female pilgrims are walking on the rocky island to visit the statue of Benzaiten, the goddess of wealth, talent, and beauty in Japanese popular belief.
Object number2017.23.19
ProvenanceCollection of Mary and Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2017
Photo CreditPhoto: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 55, reproduced p. 78. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing [on view July 28, 2022 - Jan. 8, 2023].
Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
DimensionsSheet: 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Photo: Susan Cole
Awa Province, Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fuha), from the series Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)
1855
Object number: 2017.23.20
Photo: Susan Cole
Picture of the Middle Class (Chubon no zu), from the series Three Ranks of Young Women according to Their Fashions (Fuzoku sandan musume)
ca. 1795
Object number: 2017.23.5
A287 Street of Enoshima
A287 Street of Enoshima
ca. 1865-1910
Object number: 86.73
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine (Ichigaya Hachiman), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
1858
Object number: 2017.23.3
Kameido Tenjin (Kameido Shrine in Tokyo)
2006
Object number: 2008.19
Minamoto no yoshitsune ezo seibatsu no zu, Picture depicting the invasion of the Ainu in Hokkaido
Minamoto no yoshitsune ezo seibatsu no zu, Picture depicting the invasion of the Ainu in Hokkaido
1847-48
Object number: 98.53.33
Photo: William Wickett
South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.15
Image Not Available for Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-33
Object number: 2010.47.2
Image Not Available for Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.47.3
Image Not Available for The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.4
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
The Poem of Ariwara no Narihira (Ariwara no Narihira Ason)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.5
Image Not Available for The Poem of Ono no Komachi, from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse
The Poem of Ono no Komachi, from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.6