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両国夕涼み 「大阪下り女かるわさ」
Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryôgoku Bridge: Women Acrobats from Osaka (Ôsaka kudari onna karuwaza)
両国夕涼み 「大阪下り女かるわさ」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39 x 26.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Louis W. Black
Accession NumberRES.51.22
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 13 (1981), p. 177, figs. 160-2 (complete triptych); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #423; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 25.3.1-3 (complete triptych)
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych; 2016.1405 is the right sheet.
A banner advertising the "Women Acrobats from Osaka" appears in the background. It is not clear whether the women in the pleasure boats are the acrobats themselves, or (more likely) spectators.
A banner advertising the "Women Acrobats from Osaka" appears in the background. It is not clear whether the women in the pleasure boats are the acrobats themselves, or (more likely) spectators.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
Provenance1951, gift of Louis W. Black to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 11, 1951)