Watching Fireworks in the Cool of the Evening at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgokubashi yûsuzumi hanabi kenbutsu no zu), from the series Newly Published Perspective Pictures (Shinpan uki-e)

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Watching Fireworks in the Cool of the Evening at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgokubashi yûsuzumi hanabi kenbutsu no zu), from the series Newly Published Perspective Pictures (Shinpan uki-e)

「新版　浮絵　両国橋夕涼花火見物之図」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1780s (Tenmei era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.7 x 37 cm (9 5/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10202

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hokusai Updated (2019), #24; MFA, Hokusai (2013), #12; Calza, Hokusai (2003), I.4A and I.4B; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 229, horizontal ôban #8; Ukiyo-e taikei 8 (1975), #7; Munezaki et al., Zaigai hihô 3, Hokusai (1972), #172

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17580, 21.10202

Signed Katsu Shunrô ga
勝春朗画

ProvenanceMay 6, 1918, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the F. May sale; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.