Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Banks of Sumida River

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Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Banks of Sumida River

大川端夕涼

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 74.7 cm (14 3/8 x 29 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter

Accession Number34.389a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #71; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #255; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #403.1-3, and figs. 11-3; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 25.2.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #377; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #321

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7659-61, 34.389a-c

Signed Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)