Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge, 新大橋橋下の涼み船, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1792, Japan, Pentaptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 15 3/8 x 49 7/8 in. (39.1 x 126.7 cm), Prints, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), 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
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Pleasure Boats, Sumida River, Shin-Ōhashi Bridge, 新大橋橋下の涼み船, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1792, Japan, Pentaptych, polychrome woodblock prints, ink, color, paper, 15 3/8 x 49 7/8, 39.1 126.7 cm, Prints, Chōbunsai Eishi, Japanese, 1756–1829, print, illustrates, great festival, marked, summer season, Sumida River, large, roofed boat, yakata-bune, center, composition, group, beauties, watching, young woman, controlling, dancing puppet, female entertainers, play, music
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