Figures in front of Ryōgoku bridge

Title

Figures in front of Ryōgoku bridge
Artist/maker

Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769 - 1825) (designer)
Associated people

Nishimuraya Yohachi (c. 1751 - c. 1870) (publisher)
Associated place

Tōkyō (place of creation)

Tōkyō (place of publication)

Tōkyō (Ryōgoku bridge) (subject)
Date

late 18th century - early 19th century
Material and technique

nishiki-e (multi-block) woodblock print, printed with water-based vegetable pigments
Material index

paper
Technique index

colour woodcut
Object type

triptych print
Dimensions

mount 55.3 x 32.2 cm (height x width)
print 37 x 25.1 cm (height x width)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Mrs E. M. Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding from the Herbert H. Jennings Collection, 1952.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EAX.4151.c

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Catalogue text

The Ryōgoku bridge in Edo was a place well-known for its firework displays. The many tea shops around it made for a lively atmosphere. In the foreground, women are busily attending to their own activities. One of the women on the left print is holding a fan and wearing an agebōshi (white hood worn by members of high society when going out). Groups of people are walking across the bridge, including a high ranking samurai riding a horse, wearing a straw hat, and escorted by further samurai. In the background, boats are floating by in what is thought to be a hot summer’s day.