Evening Amusements at Ryogoku in the Eastern Capital (Toto Ryogoku yoasobi no zu)
Medium
Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych (right: 1939.1763)
Dimensions
35.6 × 23.5 cm (14 × 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
35138
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling nightlife of 19th-century Edo ( Tokyo) with Toyohara Kunichika *Evening Amusements at Ryog in the Eastern Capital*1859). This vibrant color woodblock print, the left sheet of anan triptych measuring 35.6 × 23.5 cm, captures the festive energy along the Ryogoku district the Sumida River—a hotspot for theaters, sumo wrestling, and spectacular summer fireworks displays that drew crowds for evening revelry. Kunichika, master of the ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") tradition, excelled in depicting urban pleasures just before Japan's Meiji Restoration transformed so...
About the Artist
Toyohara Kunichika · 1835–1900
Japanese, 1835–1900