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

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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. ( x 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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