Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Banks of the Sumida River ca. 1784 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese A seated married woman in black kimono, a young woman holding a fan and a maid in apron with saucer in her hand watch two courtesans walk by, hand in hand. A mistress of a teahouse in a blue and white summer yukata accompanies them. Because of its fine condition and colors, Japanese scholars judge our diptych to be the finest extant version in the Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Banks of the Sumida River. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815). Japan. ca. 1784. Diptych of woodblock prints; ink an
Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Banks of the Sumida River ca. 1784 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese A seated married woman in black kimono, a young woman holding a fan and a maid in apron with saucer in her hand watch two courtesans walk by, hand in hand. A mistress of a teahouse in a blue and white summer yukata accompanies them. Because of its fine condition and colors, Japanese scholars judge our diptych to be the finest extant version in the Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Banks of the Sumida River. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815). Japan. ca. 1784. Diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615–1868). Prints
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