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Enjoying the Evening Cool Along the Sumida River, c. 1797-98. People crowding the Ryogoku Bridge over the Sumida River and those aboard party boats below enjoy summer fireworks. Among a group gathered on the riverbank a little boy stands holding his caged pet cricket in one hand, and a young woman’s hand in the other. At left, a boy with a lantern advertising the name of the restaurant for which he works, "Onoshi," guides two women away.