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

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.2 x 77.1 cm (13 7/8 x 30 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7659-61

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #71; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #255; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #403.1-3, and figs. 11-3; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 25.2.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #377; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #321

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7659 (left), 21.7660 (center), 21.7661 (right)

MFA impressions: 21.7659-61, 34.389a-c

Signed Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.