id: 134285 accession number: 1956.753 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.753 updated: 2022-03-16 09:00:41.801000 Enjoying the Evening Cool Along the Sumida River, c. 1797-98. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper; overall: 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.753 title: Enjoying the Evening Cool Along the Sumida River title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1797-98 creation date earliest: 1797 creation date latest: 1798 current location: creditline: The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868) technique: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017 opening date: 2017-01-09T05:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Jacquin Collection (sale: Walpole Galleries, January 20, 1921, lot 115) date: footnotes: citations: Fanny Tewksbury King [d. 1949], Cleveland, OH, 1921-1956, sold by her estate to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1921-1956 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1956-present date: 1956- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.753/1956.753_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.753/1956.753_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.753/1956.753_full.tif