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Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River on a Summer Night; Illustration of a Poem by Kiyowara no Fukayabu, no. 36 from the series The One Hundred Poems as Explained by the Old Nurse
Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River on a Summer Night; Illustration of a Poem by Kiyowara no Fukayabu, no. 36 from the series The One Hundred Poems as Explained by the Old Nurse

Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River on a Summer Night; Illustration of a Poem by Kiyowara no Fukayabu, no. 36 from the series The One Hundred Poems as Explained by the Old Nurse

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Date1835–36
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ōban; overall: 10 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (26 × 37.4 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioThe One Hundred Poems as Explained by the Old Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Object number1950.757
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceMary A. Ainsworth; by bequest 1950 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Japanese Woodblock Prints: Selections from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 1, 1992 - June 14, 1992 )
A Century of Asian Art at Oberlin: Japanese Prints
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 19, 2017 - July 1, 2018 )
Collections
  • Asian
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