Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915)
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Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915)

Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge

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Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915)
Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge
Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series One Hundred Views of Musashi Province (Musashi hyakkei no uchi)

Woodblock print, signed Shinsei Kobayashi Kiyochika, sealed Kiyochika, published by Kobayashi Tetsujiro, 1884, 11th month
Vertical oban (36.2 x 24.4 cm.)

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A woman dressed in a beautiful summer kimono leans back against the side of a boat while watching fireworks explode above the Ryogoku bridge in Tokyo. The sky is embellished with mica.

For another impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 52.277, go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/fireworks-at-ry%C3%B4goku-bridge-ry%C3%B4goku-hanabi-from-the-series-one-hundred-views-of-musashi-province-musashi-hyakkei-no-uchi-255618