YEAR DESCRIPTION ST# 1858 Print “Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge” from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo”. Original Japanese woodblock print, first printed 1858. This was part of the last series of landscapes produced by the Japanese woodblock-print artist Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (1797-1858). These designs of Edo, or modern Tokyo, are among the most familiar images of Japanese art in the world, which ultimately numbered 118. Many copies were printed until the wooden blocks wore out. Image area 8.5 x 13.25. Unknown printing date of this print. 8.5 x 13.25. Wright owned one of these prints. See "The Japanese Print”, Wright 1967, Plate 2, Page 35. "Hiroshige: 100 Famous Views of Edo" Page 45, Plate 98. 2006.07.0706
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