Leftmost Print from Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge

Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)

c. 1792

Medium

woodblock print from a pentaptych; ink and color on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 39 x 25.6 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Culture

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

Eishi was both a painter and printmaker. His figures are characterized by elegant lines and flowing drapery.

• Ukiyo-e: pictures of the floating world
• Prints
• The sea and ships
• Cities and buildings
• Rivers and lakes
• 1700s
• Japan