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Hand-colored woodblock print of people on a red-framed veranda overlooking a river, with a bridge and boats at left.

Enjoying the Evening Cool near Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku bashi yusuzumi uki-e)

A hand-colored woodblock print in perspective view shows a wooden veranda where seated women and men gather in the foreground, with a curved bridge and boats on water at left. Pale ochre, red and grey tones frame the scene, with receding floorboards leading the eye toward the distant river.

Artist
Okumura Masanobu
Date
c. 1740
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; beni-e, horizontal ōban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1166 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1745).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Disfrutando la frescura de la tarde cerca del puente Ryogoku

Una estampa xilográfica coloreada a mano, con perspectiva, muestra una galería de madera donde mujeres y hombres sentados se reúnen en primer plano, con un puente curvo y barcas sobre el agua a la izquierda. Tonos ocre pálido, rojo y gris enmarcan la escena, y el suelo de tablas en perspectiva dirige la mirada hacia el río lejano.

Português: Desfrutando a brisa da noite perto da ponte Ryogoku

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