The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River
c. 1800
(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Sheet: 38.6 x 25.4 cm (15 3/16 x 10 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1116.a
Location: not on view
Description
Pleasure-boating in the evening on the Sumida River to escape the summer’s heat was about as popular as viewing cherry blossoms in spring for Edo townspeople. The river also led the way to the Yoshiwara, the licensed brothel district. A boating party with courtesans and gentlemen jostles up next to afishing boat. Utamaro enjoyed portraying a scene through the design of a fishing or mosquito net. The different colors of the net suggest these impressions may be from two different series.- ?–1916Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1916–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).Japanese Woodblock Prints: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Education Department (1980).
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