Fishing Boats with Nets under Ryōgoku Bridge, Edo period (1615–1868), 1790s, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, a: H. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), Boats carrying beautiful women and fishermen nearly collide on the Sumida River near Ryōgoku Bridge, a famous summer locale. The three fishermen wearing straw skirts in the foreground are a parody of the three protagonists of the foundation story of the Asakusa temple
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Fishing Boats, Nets under Ryōgoku Bridge, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1790s, Japan, Triptych, polychrome woodblock prints, ink, color, paper, H, 14 7/8, 37.8 cm, W, 9, 25.1, Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753?–1806, Boats carrying, beautiful, women, fishermen nearly, collide, Sumida River, Ryōgoku, famous summer, locale, three fishermen, wearing, straw, skirts, foreground, parody protagonists, foundation story, Asakusa temple
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