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Cooling Off at Ryogoku in Edo

Kikugawa Eizan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three-panel artwork depicting a nighttime scene. The scene shows several boats on water, with people dressed in traditional Japanese clothing. The boats are pinkish-brown with black accents. In the left panel, a man stands at the back of a boat; several people sit. In the middle panel, two women stand; one holds a pole; another sits. In the right panel, several people sit on boats; one woman wears a kimono. A bridge with a railing and decorative designs is in the background. The background also shows buildings on the left and a dark sky with white dots. The people wear traditional Japanese hairstyles and clothing such as kimonos and headbands. The overall color palette includes shades of pink, purple, green, yellow, red, and black.

Artwork Details

Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 295 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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Palette