Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Banks of the Sumida River

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Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Banks of the Sumida River

大川端の夕涼み

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1784 (Tenmei 4)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 26.3 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5481

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #15, pl. 110; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #21; Ukiyo-e shûka 5 (1980), pls. 6-7; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #642, pl. LXVI

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych.

MFA impressions: 11.13901 (right sheet), 21.5481 (right sheet), 21.5488 (left sheet)

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

Marks Illegible mark; collector's seal?

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Arthur Davison Ficke; February 10, 1920, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Ficke sale (lot #238); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.