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Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge

c. mid 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 37.4 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.753.b
Location: not on view
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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.
Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge

Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge

c. mid 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)

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