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Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge

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.)
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)
    Fanny Tewksbury King
  • Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017).
    Cleveland Museum of Art Education Departmenr, 1980: Japanese Woodblock Prints: Themes and Techniques
  • {{cite web|title=Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge|url=false|author=Kitagawa Utamaro|year=c. mid 1790s|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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