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Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women on a wooden platform at dusk, one with a fan, a lantern hanging nearby.

Cooling Off in the Evening at Shijogawara

A color woodblock triptych shows women on a wooden platform in the evening air. At left, figures sit and stand near a railing; the center panel shows a woman with a fan and a kneeling attendant beside a lantern, and at right a tall woman in a dark patterned robe gazes across the scene.

Artist
Torii Kiyonaga
Date
c. 1784
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 835 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1789).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Refrescándose por la tarde en Shijogawara

Un tríptico xilográfico en color muestra a mujeres sobre una plataforma de madera al caer la tarde. A la izquierda, figuras sentadas y de pie junto a una baranda; en el panel central, una mujer con abanico y una sirvienta arrodillada junto a un farol, y a la derecha una mujer alta con una bata oscura de diseño observa la escena.

Português: Refrescando-se à noite em Shijogawara

Um tríptico em xilogravura colorida mostra mulheres sobre uma plataforma de madeira ao entardecer. À esquerda, figuras sentadas e em pé perto de um corrimão; no painel central, uma mulher com leque e uma criada ajoelhada junto a uma lanterna, e à direita uma mulher alta, com um manto escuro estampado, observa a cena.

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