# Children Swimming in the Summer

- By: Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
- Date: 1797-1858
- Medium: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
- Classification: Prints
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/74630)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/eff849e0d75f34533da31880b86f6784.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Colorful clouds incept this summer scene. Children are swimming and playing in the indigo blue waters, as parents and family leisurely watch along the shore. This joyous scene is secretly tucked within two mountains, which are alive with bright green trees and grasses.