Enoshima, from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishô zue), Meiji period, dated 1896

Published in 1896 as part of the series Nihon meishō zue (Famous Sights of Japan), this print depicts Enoshima, the small tidal island connected by a causeway to the Shonan coast southwest of Yokohama. A site of ancient religious significance dedicated to the deity Benzaiten, Enoshima had long featured in meisho-e landscape prints and was a popular subject in the earlier Edo tradition. By the 1890s Kiyochika had moved away from his most experimental kosen-ga work, and this series reflects a more conventional approach to meisho landscape, likely emphasizing the island's distinctive rocky silhouette, its cave shrines, and the surrounding sea. The composition probably situates Enoshima in relation to the water and distant coastline, employing graduated bokashi washes in the sky and sea. The series functions as a Meiji-era successor to earlier travel-related landscape sets, documenting sites that retained cultural and touristic significance as domestic travel expanded with railway infrastructure.