Sunset at Ryōgoku Bridge
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
22.3 × 17.2 cm
Classification
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Madeleine Hamill in memory of Lawrence Hamill
Accession Number
1949.134
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
A view of boats and riverside stalls near the Ryōgoku Bridge is captured in a roundel. The scene is accompanied by a poem. Much faded today, traces of the colors used to indicate the last rays of the sun remain. The artist signed the print “design by Shunsen” (Shunsen ga), a name he used from New Year’s of 1806, after he became a student of Katsukawa Shun’ei (1762-1819). Around the year 1820, he took the name Shunkō II. He designed prints of beauties, actors, and landscapes. In his final years, ...