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Great Fireworks Display at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgoku ôhanabi), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)


「江戸名所 両国大花火」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.2 x 35.2 cm (9 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9935
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #79.20, pl. 826; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #09.27; Matsuki 1939, #189 (fireworks different)
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1043 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.2121, 21.9935
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印:なし
彫師:なし
ProvenanceFebruary 1916, 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.