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Boating Party on the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print. The scene shows people on a boat. The boat has a flat bottom and a covered top with lanterns hanging from it. There are two rows of people. The top row shows seven people, including one man playing a shamisen; he sits on the right. The people are wearing traditional Japanese clothing, including kimonos. Two women sit at the front of the boat; one wears a head covering. A man sits on the right at the bottom of the image. The background includes the water and another boat. The color scheme is sepia-toned.

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619 × 900 px
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