夕顔棚下納涼図|Enjoying the Evening Cool under a Gourd Trellis
early 19th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 33 1/4 x 11 in. (84.5 x 27.9 cm) Overall with knobs: 65 1/8 x 16 1/2 in. (165.4 x 41.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Accession Number
1975.268.129
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the early 19th century, Japan's vibrant Edo period (1615–1868), Utagawa Toyoh, a master of the ukiyo-e school, created *Enjoying the Evening Cool under a Gourd Trellis*. This hanging scroll, rendered in delicate ink and color on paper, captures a serene summer evening scene. Measuring 33¼ x 11 inches, it exemplifies the intimate scale of such works, designed to be unrolled and displayed seasonally in homes for visual refreshment. The composition depicts figures—men and women, some playfully nude—lounging beneath a lush gourd trellis, fanning themselves and sipping sake amid the humid dusk....
About the Artist
Utagawa Toyohiro · 1763–1828
Utagawa Toyohiro (1763–1828) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist and painter who founded a major branch of the Utagawa school and is best remembered as the teacher of Utagawa Hiroshige, one of the greatest landscape print designers in Japanese art history. Born in Edo (present-day Tokyo), he studied under Utagawa Toyoharu, the founder of the Utagawa school, who was noted for introducing Western perspect...