The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 15, 2025
Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge
c. mid 1790s
(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Sheet: 37.5 x 24.6 cm (14 3/4 x 9 11/16 in.)
The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.753.c
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.- Jacquin Collection (sale: Walpole Galleries, January 20, 1921, lot 115)1921-1956Fanny Tewksbury King [d. 1949], Cleveland, OH, 1921-1956, sold by her estate to the Cleveland Museum of Art1956-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1956-present
- Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017).Japanese Woodblock Prints: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art Education Department, Cleveland, OH (1980).
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