id:			95358
accession number:	1916.1116.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1116.b
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:07.733000

Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River, c. 1800. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). One of a triptych of color woodblock prints; sheet: 38.6 x 25.4 cm (15 3/16 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1116.b

title:				Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River
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creation date:			c. 1800
creation date earliest:		1795
creation date latest:		1805
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 38.6 x 25.4 cm (15 3/16 x 10 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Utamaro hitsu
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections
	opening date:   2004-12-12T00:00:00
	<i>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Japanese Woodblock Prints: Themes and Techniques</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Education Department (1980).

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916–
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wall description:
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 a fishing 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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