Actors out on a summer's evening, enjoying the fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge. Colour woodcut by Kuniyasu, late 1810s.
- Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832.
- Date:
- [late 1810s]
- Reference:
- 35338i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Leading actors promenading across the foreground of the design; female role actors in female attire, even off-stage; temporary restaurants on the banks of the river; pleasure boats with revellers and crowds on the bridge all represent the plebeian pleasures of Edo
The firework display marked the 'opening' of the river and summer pleasure craft; it was held on the twenty-eighth day of the fifth month
Whole-length figures
Publication/Creation
Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], [late 1810s]
Physical description
1 print : woodcut, printed in colours
Contributors
Lettering
Kuniyasu-ga
Bears publisher's mark and censor's seal
Reference
Wellcome Collection 35338i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores