Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
c. mid 1790s
Medium
color woodblock print
Dimensions
37.4 × 25.3 cm
Classification
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
Accession Number
1956.753.b
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.