Live Auction 17148Japanese and Korean Art
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Lot 204

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Ryogoku hanabi (Fireworks, Ryogoku)

Closed19 March 2019

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Ryogoku hanabi (Fireworks, Ryogoku)
Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred views of famous places in Edo), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi
14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (36.5 x 24.4 cm.)

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The firework displays at the Ryogoku Bridge were among the most popular summer pleasures of Edo residents since 1733, when the first official fireworks were commissioned by the eighth Tokugawa Shogun, Yoshimune, to commemorate citizens who had died in a cholera epidemic. The memorial, including a display of fireworks, became an annual observance.