Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 97616
Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyamadera)
- Artist / 作者
- Ito Shinsui伊東深水
- Date / 年代
- 1917
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Taisho / aic
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 843 × 1237 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Published by / 公開者
- 朝倉レン
- Rights / 権利
- CC0 1.0 when is_public_domain=true
- Attribution / 表記
- Ito Shinsui. Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyamadera), 1917. The Art Institute of Chicago.
Catalog note / 解説
Ishiyama Temple is located on the southern end of Lake Biwa. According to tradition, Lady Murasaki began writing her famous novel, Genji Monogatari (Tales of Genji), while sequestering herself here in the 11th century. Seated on one of the temple's verandas, she apparently was inspired by the sight of the distant lake by the light of the full, August moon. Thus, for most Japanese, Shinsui's view of an empty, covered veranda at Ishiyama Temple beneath the full moon evokes associations to the famous author and her classic novel of courtly love.
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