Suma Beach
- Date:
- 1938
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 27.9 × 43.1 cm
- Publisher:
- Doi Sadaichi
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Suma Beach west of Kobe on the Seto Inland Sea was associated in Japanese literary tradition with exile and melancholy — the place where the great lover Hikaru Genji spent his years of banishment in Murasaki Shikibu's eleventh-century novel. Koitsu's 1938 print renders the beach in a summer mood, the pine trees along the shore and the calm Inland Sea waters suggesting both the beauty and the loneliness that the tradition attached to the location. The print participates in a long line of artistic homages to Suma's literary resonance.
Current Listings
$486
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Frequently Asked Questions
Suma Beach was created by Tsuchiya Koitsu (土屋光逸) in 1938.
Suma Beach was published by Doi Sadaichi (1938).
Suma Beach depicts seascapes.
Suma Beach measures 27.9 × 43.1 cm (Oban format).