Cleveland Museum of Art
Mt. Fuji through Pines
Kubo ShunmanLinkedCulture matchlcp-a3f653adb54c
- Date
- late 1700s-early 1800s
- Medium
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 157681
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
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.
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- Credit line
- Kelvin Smith Fund
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