Enjoying the Evening Cool Along the Sumida River
Kitagawa Utamaro
1797–1798
- Medium
- Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
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.
