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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
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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