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

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

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重LinkedCulture matchlcp-732c025793de

Date
1858
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
34150

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Lanterns glow in boats drifting on the Sumida River while fireworks explode in the clear, moonless night sky in this dramatic woodblock print. The setting is late summer or early fall, the hottest time of the year, when those who can afford it take in the cool of the evening on pleasure boats. A firework is flying through the air. Its remaining light permits the viewer to make out the details of travelers crowding the bridge and buildings on the far shore.

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Frederick W. Gookin Collection
Provenance
Frederick W. Gookin (1853-1936); by descent to his daughter, Nathalie Gookin (1900-1980), Winnetka, IL; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1939.

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AAT300041273

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