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Fireworks at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgoku hanabi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 両国花火」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–42 (Tenpô 10–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.5 x 34.9 cm (8 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9822
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #71.8, pl. 680; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #70.08; Matsuki 1939, #80
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Collector's seal: (unread)
ProvenanceNovember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Metzgar sale (lot 466); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.