Women Visiting the Shrine of Shoichii Taro Inari Daimyo
- Date:
- about 1804
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; long surimono
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
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.
Women pilgrims approach the fox-spirit shrine of Shoichii Taro Inari Daimyojin — one of Edo's many inari shrines dedicated to the deity of rice and prosperity — in this long surimono from around 1804. Inari worship was enormously popular among Edo's merchant and artisan classes, and the image of women making this devotional visit captures the role of shrine pilgrimage as both religious obligation and social occasion.
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
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Woodblock print
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Color woodblock print; oban
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Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Women Visiting the Shrine of Shoichii Taro Inari Daimyo was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in about 1804.
Women Visiting the Shrine of Shoichii Taro Inari Daimyo depicts temples & shrines.