Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- 新大橋橋下の涼み船
- Title: Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge
- Artist: Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1792
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: 15 3/8 x 49 7/8 in. (39.1 x 126.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
- Object Number: JP180
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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