Fireworks at Ryōgoku bridge on the great river. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige III, 1879?.
- Hiroshige III, 1842?-1894.
- Date:
- [1879]
- Reference:
- 37461i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
One of the canonical Edo scenes; the display was held on the twenty-eighth of the fifth month and marked the opening of the river to pleasure craft for the summer
Publication/Creation
Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], [1879]
Physical description
1 print : woodcut, printed in colours
Contributors
Lettering
Hiroshige-ga
Bears block cutter's mark and set title
Notes
From the illustrations of flourishing famous places of Tokyo
Reference
Wellcome Collection 37461i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores