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Pleasure-boating in the evening on the Sumida River to escape the summer’s heat was about as popular as viewing cherry blossoms in spring for Edo townspeople. The river also led the way to the Yoshiwara, the licensed brothel district. A boating party with courtesans and gentlemen jostles up next to afishing boat. Utamaro enjoyed portraying a scene through the design of a fishing or mosquito net. The different colors of the net suggest these impressions may be from two different series.
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Document identity
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95357
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Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River
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print
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95357
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print
title
Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River
description
Pleasure-boating in the evening on the Sumida River to escape the summer’s heat was about as popular as viewing cherry blossoms in spring for Edo townspeople. The river also led the way to the Yoshiwara, the licensed brothel district. A boating party with courtesans and gentlemen jostles up next to afishing boat. Utamaro enjoyed portraying a scene through the design of a fishing or mosquito net. The different colors of the net suggest these impressions may be from two different series.
date
c. 1800
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79476674
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23355
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Print
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 38.6 x 25.4 cm (15 3/16 x 10 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1916.1116.a
Source extras
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One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
tombstone
Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River, c. 1800. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). One of a triptych of color woodblock prints; sheet: 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.a
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Japanese Art
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Signature: Utamaro hitsu
Censorship Seal: kiwame
formerAccessionNumbers
1916.1118
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:06:47.709000
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95357
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
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male
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