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

Arts of Asia

1858

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Japanese, 1797-1858

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.The explosions of fireworks have just passed their peak brilliance. Their 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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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Title: Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1858
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 35.9 × 23.9 cm (14 1/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Andrew Headland Jr. and Mrs. William Sandberg in memory of Clara C. Headland
Reference Number: 1966.316
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“Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1966.” Archives of Asian Art 21 (1967): 96.

Andrew Headland Jr. (1904–1971), Tokyo and San Francisco, and Adele Sandberg (formerly Headland; 1902–1982); given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1966.

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