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| Title | Enshi |
| Artist | Utagawa Kuniyoshi |
| Date | c. 1847 |
| Institution | Minneapolis Institute of Arts |
| Location | Not on view. |
| Medium: | Prints, Print | Color woodblock print |
| Size: | 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (26 x 18.4 cm) (image, sheet) |
| Creation Place: | Asia, Japan |
| Culture: | Asia, Japan |
| Style: | 19th century, Edo period |
| Inscriptions: | A dutiful son Enshi tried to obtain deer milk that was believed to be a specific medicine for his parents' eye disease. He went into a deep mountain wearing a deer suit, stayed with a group of deers. While prentending to be a deer, he once almost got killed by a deep hunter. (The print depicts this scene) Ichiyu_sai Kuniyoshi artist's seal |
| Physical Description: | nishiki-e |
| Credit: | Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr. |
| Accession Number: | P.75.51.72 |
| Artist: | Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Japanese, 1797 - 1861 |
| Role: | Artist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Life Dates: | Japanese, 1797 - 1861 |
| Added to Site: | February 28, 2009 |
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