Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
After a major fire in Edo (now Tokyo), the Yoshiwara licensed brothel district was relocated to an area accessed via boat along the Sumida River, giving rise to many compositions depicting travel there. Here, attendants with checkered robes serve refreshment to a client. A figure at the fore of the boat tends to the kitchen. A courtesan at the aft, or rear, surveys the river scene. Acquaintances converse in modest commuter boats, and fishers put in to a tiny island. The boat is near the entrance to the San’ya Canal, where pleasure-seekers would disembark.
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Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu
Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, active c. 1765–92) — Beauties a
Ikeda Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848) — A Distant View of Snow o
Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829) — Women in a Pleasure 
Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829) — Women in a Pleasure 
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815) — Boating Party on the 
Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829) — Women in a Pleasure 
Tamura Suio (Japanese, active late 1600s–early 1700s) — Beau
Katsushika Hokusai
Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829) — Party on the Pleasur
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865) — Abalone Divers off 
Kitagawa Utamaro — 四季の花|Girls Getting on Board a Boat, from 
