Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 76468

Summer Twilight on the Banks of the Sumida River (Evening Cool by the Sumida River)

Artist / 作者: Torii Kiyonaga鳥居清長
Date / 年代: 1784
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録: 315 × 450 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Honolulu Museum of Art
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ
Rights / 権利: No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記: Honolulu Museum of Art

Catalog note / 解説

During the Tenmei era when the town of Edo reached the peak of prosperity, bijinga(prints of beautiful women) by the carefree master Torii Kiyonaga were popular items. This image is the left side of a diptych displaying women as they cool themselves on the banks of the Sumida River. This group of relaxed women, disproportionately tall, are posed against bright, open spaces. (Tadashi Kobayashi, “Edo Beauties in Ukiyo-e”, 1994)

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