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Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print with a dark gray background. A long red firework streaks up from the left side and explodes into numerous small white, red and yellow fireworks on the right. The bottom half depicts a blue body of water. A long bridge spans the bottom center, with many small boats on the water. Two vertical orange rectangles with black Japanese characters are on the left and top right.

Artwork details

Date:
1858
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
417 × 625 px
Museum record:
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