About: On Top and Beneath Ryōgoku Bridge

On Top and Beneath Ryōgoku Bridge (両国橋上下 Ryōgoku-bashi ue-shita) is a picture made up of six prints designed by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Utamaro and published in c. 1795–96. The scene depicts numerous people—mainly elegantly-dressed women of various social classes—on outings at Ryōgoku Bridge over the Sumida River in Edo (modern Tokyo). At about 75 by 60 centimetres (30 in × 24 in), the assembled set is the earliest known ukiyo-e picture of such an extravagant size.