Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge
1794
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
About the artist
1794
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge is a 1794 by Kitagawa Utamaro, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a lively crowd on Ryōgoku Bridge at night. Fireworks light up the sky while people watch from boats and the riverbank. A boy holds a cricket cage and a woman’s hand, leading to a lantern boy who guides two women. Utamaro loved small details like the boy’s cricket and the lantern’s “Ōnoshi.” This tells us about Edo life. The soft light makes the scene feel warm and real. Look up the artist Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806).
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. At left, a boy with a lantern advertising the name of the restaurant for which he works, “Ōnoshi,” guides two women away.
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