Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge

ca. 1792

Not on view

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.

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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