Cooling Off on a Summer Evening
c. 1715
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; tan-e, ô-ôban yoko-e
Dimensions
32.4 × 49.2 cm (12 3/4 × 19 3/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
19179
Art Historical Context
**Cooling Off on a Evening** *Okura Masanobu, c. 1715* Hand-colored woodblock print *tan-e*, *ô-ôban yoko-e*; 32.4 × 49.2 cm. Art Institute of Chicago, of Asia. Step into the sultry evenings of early 18th-century Edo (modern Tokyo) with Okumura Masanobu's vibrant *Cooling Off on a Summer*. This charming *ukiyo-e* print captures the fleeting pleasures of urban life during Japan's Edo period, where people sought relief from the heat by wading in rivers or enjoying riverside leisure. Masanobu, a pioneering printmaker, masterfully depicts everyday joys—perhaps families splashing in shallow wa...
About the Artist
Okumura Masanobu · 1686–1764
Japanese, 1686–1764