Cooling Off in the Evening at Shijogawara
- Date:
- c. 1784
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban triptych
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Cooling Off in the Evening at Shijogawara (1779), a color woodblock oban triptych by Torii Kiyonaga, shows a group of elegantly dressed women gathered on a riverside veranda at dusk, with paper lanterns marked with crests rising behind them. The women wear kimono in muted rose, grey, black, and mustard tones with patterned obi, some standing and conversing, others seated or kneeling, one leaning over the railing toward the water. The palette is soft and subdued — pale greys and beiges set off by the pink and black robes — giving the scene a quiet, leisurely evening mood.
More Prints by Torii Kiyonaga
Watching the Water Festival from Azuma Bridge, from the series "Eight Precincts of the Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan hakkei)"
c. 1782
Color woodblock print; chuban
Courtesans of Yoshiwara and their attendants viewing the peonies on Nakanocho
c. 1787
Color woodblock print; center and right sheets of oban triptych
A visit to a shrine, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Popular Customs (Fuzoku juni tsui)"
c. 1786
Color woodblock print; koban
A Party Viewing the Moon Across the Sumida River
c. 1787
Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Frequently Asked Questions
Cooling Off in the Evening at Shijogawara was created by Torii Kiyonaga (鳥居清長) in c. 1784.