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Pleasure Boat and Fireworks on the Sumida River, from the shunga book The Pillowed Boudoir
1839
Aspects of life on the Sumida River provided ukiyo-e artists such as Kuniyoshi with numerous subjects. Pleasure boats, like that shown here, were restaurants with roofed cabins that could be rented for parties or viewing fireworks at festivals held several times a year.
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Title
- Pleasure Boat and Fireworks on the Sumida River, from the shunga book The Pillowed Boudoir
- Date
- 1839
- Object Type
- Medium
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Image: 187 x 264 mm (7 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Art Trust Fund
- Accession Number
- 1984.1.91
