A night scene aboard a pleasure boat (yakatabune) on the Sumida River captures the leisured entertainments available to prosperous Edo citizens — music, food, geisha performance, and the river's breezes carrying sounds across dark water. This shikishiban surimono diptych (c. 1830s), produced in luxury format, conveys the private world of such evenings with the restrained elegance appropriate to objects made for refined collecting. The nocturnal setting allowed Kuniyoshi to work with lantern light and river reflections.
Woodblock print
Hansen, yoru
1926
Color woodblock print
1915
Color woodblock print
Hansen, asa
1926
Color woodblock print
Night scence aboard a pleasure boat was created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) in c. 1830's.
Night scence aboard a pleasure boat depicts boats & ships, seascapes, and night scenes.