鳥居清長画　大川端の夕涼み|Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Banks of the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga

ca. 1784 · Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · Asian Art

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 world.

Artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Date

ca. 1784

Medium

Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929