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Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge

c. mid 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 37.4 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.753.b
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Description

People crowding the Ryōgoku Bridge over the Sumida River and those aboard party boats below enjoy summer fireworks. Among a group gathered on the riverbank a little boy stands holding his caged pet cricket in one hand, and a young woman’s hand in the other.
A woodblock print depicts two women and a child with white skin, red lips, and black hair on a dark riverbank. A woman in a floral reddish-brown kimono holds a boy's hand as he carries a cage. Beside them, another woman in a tan robe holds a circular fan. In the background, lanterns glow on boats along a gray river beneath a wooden bridge. Text is inscribed in the lower right.

Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge

c. mid 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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