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Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River

Utamaroc. 1800

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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.

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  • Title: Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River
  • Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
  • Date Created: c. 1800
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 38.6 x 25.4 cm (15 3/16 x 10 in.)
  • Provenance: Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1116.a
  • Medium: One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
  • Inscriptions: Signature: Utamaro hitsu Censorship Seal: kiwame
  • Department: Japanese Art
  • Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
  • Collection: Japanese Art
  • Accession Number: 1916.1116.a
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