

A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons
A woman crouches on left of center, wearing a white and black checkered kimono, reaching toward a firework on the ground. The firework has a stick attached and red and blue spheres at the top. A white and blue container sits on ground near her feet. Three women stand and sit on right. The standing woman in center wears a striped kimono and a black obi; woman on far right sits on green bench wearing pink kimono, holding white object; woman behind her wears pink and brown kimono and black hat. Background shows trees with hanging branches. The scene is rendered in muted colors, with yellow-tan ground.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1801
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 600 × 418 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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