Hokusai's genre scenes, bijin-ga (beautiful women), and miscellaneous subjects represent the breadth of his career across more than seven decades. The market for non-landscape Hokusai prints has strengthened as collectors seek beyond the most famous designs.
Visitors make the pilgrimage to Enoshima island — crossing the sandy causeway exposed at low tide, or perhaps arriving by boat — in this ebangire surimono from around 1801–04. Enoshima's cave shrine to the sea goddess Benten drew pilgrims from across the Kanto region, and the journey from Edo (a half-day's walk to the coast, then the tidal crossing) was itself regarded as part of the spiritual experience.
1821
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
c. 1832
Color woodblock print; oban
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
大仏
Woodblock print
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Visitors to Enoshima was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1801/04.
Visitors to Enoshima depicts religious, seascapes, and travel scenes.