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Enjoying the Evening Cool Along the Sumida River

c. 1797-98

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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)

Japan, Edo Period

(1615-1868)

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Overall: 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)

The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.753

Location

not on view

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. At left, a boy with a lantern advertising the name of the restaurant for which he works, “Ōnoshi,” guides two women away.

Provenance
Jacquin Collection (sale: Walpole Galleries, January 20, 1921, lot 115)
1921-1956
Fanny Tewksbury King [d. 1949], Cleveland, OH, 1921-1956, sold by her estate to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1956-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1956-present
Exhibition history

Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.753