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Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge

Utamaroc. mid 1790s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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.

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  • Title: Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge
  • Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
  • Date Created: c. mid 1790s
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 37.4 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
  • Provenance: Jacquin Collection (sale: Walpole Galleries, January 20, 1921, lot 115), Fanny Tewksbury King
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.753.b
  • Medium: color woodblock print
  • Inscriptions: Signature: Utamaro hitsu Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chusuke (emblem)
  • Department: Japanese Art
  • Culture: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
  • Credit Line: The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
  • Collection: Japanese Art
  • Accession Number: 1956.753.b
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