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Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge
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Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806), artist · c. mid 1790s · color woodblock print

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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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineWomen Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge, c. mid 1790s. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.4 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection, 1956.753.b
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