新大橋橋下の涼み船|Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge

Chōbunsai Eishi

ca. 1792 · Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

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. In another boat, a man is shown slicing up a large fish for an onboard banquet. Chōbunsai Eishi, born into a samurai family, studied under Kano Eisen’in Sukenobu (1730–1790), the fifth-generation head of Kobikichō, one of the four Kano painting academies in Edo.

Artist

Chōbunsai Eishi

Date

ca. 1792

Medium

Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1914