Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) | Cooling Off at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku no suzumi) | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Cooling Off at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku no suzumi)

Edo period, 19th century

woodblock print, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, censor’s seal kiwame, published by Kagaya Kichiemon (Seiseido), circa 1830-35

Horizontal oban: 26.1 x 37.4 cm., 10⅜ x 14¾ in.