Hand-colored woodblock print of people on a red-framed veranda overlooking a river, with a bridge and boats at left.

Enjoying the Evening Cool near Ryogoku Bridge

A hand-colored woodblock print in perspective view shows a wooden veranda where seated women and men gather in the foreground, with a curved bridge and boats on water at left. Pale ochre, red and grey tones frame the scene, with receding floorboards leading the eye toward the distant river.

Artist: Okumura Masanobu
Date: c. 1740
Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; beni-e, horizontal ōban
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1166 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1745).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Enjoying the Evening Cool near Ryogoku Bridge

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