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Fireworks at Ryôgoku (Ryôgoku hanabi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 両国花火」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 24.4 cm (14 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9500
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.120, pls. 372-374; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #98; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.119
DescriptionNo. 098 (fall section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16743, 11.35816, 11.35817, 21.9500
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午八
彫師:なし
ProvenanceJanuary 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.