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Cooling Off at Ryôgoku Bridge in Edo, a Pentaptych (Edo Ryôgoku suzumi no zu, gomai tsuzuki)


「江戸両国すずみの図 五枚つづき」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban pentaptych; 39.8 x 134 cm (15 11/16 x 52 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession NumberRES.21.423-7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #28 (complete); Iwata, "Edo...," in Ukiyo-e geijutsu 154 (2007), pp. 9-14; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #35 (center r. sheet only); Rijksmuseum cat. II (The Age of Utamaro, 1979), #142 (complete)
DescriptionPentaptych, right to left: RES.21.423, RES.21.424, RES.21.425, RES.21.426, RES.21.427

For detailed identification of actors, see Iwata.
Signed Toyokuni ga (on far right sheet only)
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極