Fireworks at Ryōgoku by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858, framed print

Fireworks at Ryōgoku

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese Prints

From Hiroshige's series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. A single firework bursts in the night sky over the Sumida River at Ryōgoku Bridge, where crowds gathered in boats each summer for the fireworks. The print was published in 1858. This impression is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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