Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge

Chōbunsai Eishi Japanese

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This print illustrates the great festival that marked the beginning of the summer season on the Sumida River. In a large, roofed boat (yakata-bune) at the center of the composition, a group of beauties is watching a young woman controlling a dancing puppet, while other female entertainers play music. In another boat, a man is shown slicing up a large fish for an onboard banquet.

Chōbunsai Eishi, born into a samurai family, studied under Kano Eisen’in Sukenobu (1730–1790), the fifth-generation head of Kobikichō, one of the four Kano painting academies in Edo.

Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Japan

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Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Japan

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