1792
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Leftmost Print from Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge is a 1792 by Chôbunsai Eishi, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see two women in long kimonos crossing a wooden bridge over a river, their robes swaying in the breeze. Eishi’s prints were made for everyday people, not just the rich. The flowing lines of the fabric show how he turned ordinary moments into something graceful. This scene is from the Edo period, when Tokyo was called Edo and life moved at a slower pace. To see more of this quiet elegance, look up *ukiyo-e*, the art of Japanese woodblock prints.
Eishi was both a painter and printmaker. His figures are characterized by elegant lines and flowing drapery.
This is the leftmost print of a composition comprising five prints, but the museum has only two of them.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Chōbunsai Eishi (鳥文斎 栄之; 1756–1829) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. His last name was Hosoda (細田). His first name was Tokitomi (時富). His common name was Taminosuke (民之丞) and later Yasaburo (弥三郎). Pupil of Kano Eisen'in…
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