Night View with Fireworks at Ryogoku, from the series Famous Places in Edo

Artist/Maker Utagawa Hiroshige I 初代目歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Datelate 1830s

MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsHorizontal aiban; overall: 8 7/16 × 13 5/8 in. (21.4 × 34.6 cm)

Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest

PortfolioFamous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

Object number1950.1122

Status

Not on view

ProvenanceMary A. Ainsworth; by bequest 1950 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH

Collections

Asian

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