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Beauty in a Boat on Sumida River
Eishic. 1801–4
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The Sumida River was a popular refuge from the heat and humidity of the city during the summer. One can see the torii gate of Mimeguri Shrine just to the left of the woman's fan.
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- Title: Beauty in a Boat on Sumida River
- Creator: Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
- Date Created: c. 1801–4
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 191.8 x 53.3 cm (75 1/2 x 21 in.); Painting only: 95.3 x 33 cm (37 1/2 x 13 in.)
- Provenance: Takeoka Toyotano, (Hosomi, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith), The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.254
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Inscriptions: artist's signature 栄之筆 and seal, lower right.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
- Accession Number: 1985.254
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