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In this triptych (a composition of three prints), a nighttime drinking party on a pleasure boat is interrupted by an encounter with a fishing boat on the Sumida River in Edo (now Tokyo). A young man in a bold, checked robe distributes lacquer dishes of sake to his female companions, while another man sits on the boat’s roof, peering at the fisherman’s net. The fisherman struggles to control the net as a woman in the party boat offers her sake dish, her robe pulled open at the neck to enjoy the evening cool.
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Document identity
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95356
label
Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River
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print
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Source metadata
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95356
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print
title
Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River
description
In this triptych (a composition of three prints), a nighttime drinking party on a pleasure boat is interrupted by an encounter with a fishing boat on the Sumida River in Edo (now Tokyo). A young man in a bold, checked robe distributes lacquer dishes of sake to his female companions, while another man sits on the boat’s roof, peering at the fisherman’s net. The fisherman struggles to control the net as a woman in the party boat offers her sake dish, her robe pulled open at the neck to enjoy the evening cool.
date
c. 1800
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79476670
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23355
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Print
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 38.6 x 25.4 cm (15 3/16 x 10 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1916.1116
Source extras
tec
Triptych of color woodblock prints
tombstone
Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River, c. 1800. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Triptych of color woodblock prints; overall: 38.6 x 25.4 cm (15 3/16 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1116
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Japanese Art
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:06:48.072000
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95356
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Triptych of color woodblock prints
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male
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1
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photo
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