Fireworks by the Ryōgoku Bridge (Ryōgoku hanabi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige I 初代目歌川広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher
Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉
Date1858
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban; overall: 14 7/16 × 9 7/16 in. (36.6 × 23.9 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Object number1950.1442
Status
Not on viewNo. 98 (fall section) on the title page for the series.
ProvenanceMary A. Ainsworth; by bequest 1950 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Japanese Prints from the Ainsworth Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 1979 - October 21, 1979 )
Japanese Woodblock Prints: Selections from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 1, 1992 - June 14, 1992 )
Monet and Japan
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (March 9, 2001 - June 11, 2001 )
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (July 6, 2001 - September 16, 2001 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
- Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
- Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
- Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 14, 2020 - December 6, 2020 )
Collections
- Asian
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