Cooling off in the Evening at Shijogawara

Women and men sit on wooden platforms built over the river at Shijōgawara in Kyoto, cooling off in the evening. Lanterns line the far bank, crowded with teahouses and visitors, while a mountain rises beyond the rooftops under layered clouds.

Look closer: A red artist's seal sits beside the upper-left title cartouche.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

ca. 1834

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3865 × 2670 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1922