Fireworks at Ryōgoku bridge on the great river. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige III, 1879?.

  • Hiroshige III, 1842?-1894.
Date:
[1879]
Reference:
37461i
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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

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

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