Fishing Boats with Nets under Ryōgoku Bridge, Edo period (1615?1868), 1790s, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, a: H. 14 7/8 in. (37. 8 cm) ; W. 9 7/8 in. (25. 1 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753? ?1806), Boats carrying beautiful women and fishermen nearly collide on the Sumida River near Ryōgoku Bridge, a famous summer locale. The three fishermen wearing straw skirts in the foreground are a parody of the three protagonists of the foundation story of the Asakusa temple