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Image: Ryôgoku: Fireworks at Ryôgoku (hanabi)

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Ryôgoku: Fireworks at Ryôgoku (hanabi)

1858
19th century

Andô Hiroshige , aka (Hiroshige) Andô, Ichiryûsai [Ichiriusai], Ichiyûsai, Ryûsai, Japanese, (1797–1858)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Color woodcut
Series: from series Famous Places of the Eastern Capital [Edo] (Tôto Meisho)
Edition: Publisher: Uo-ei
Marks: Ryogoku Bridge - Toto Meisho (?)
Bibliography: British Museum catalog no. 156, p. 411; Richard Lane, Images from the Floating World, p. 250.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1948
Accession Number: 1948.D2.27

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  • bridges (built works) - Structures spanning and providing passage over waterways, topographic depressions, transportation routes, or similar circulation barriers. [September 1994 scope note added; related term added. March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'bridges'; alternate term changed, was 'bridge'.]
  • fireworks (visual works) - Pictorial or ornamental displays of light, sound, or smoke created using explosive equipment typically consisting of a paper case containing combustible material, an oxidizing agent, and sometimes a metal salt for coloring. For the explosive devices, use "fireworks (explosive equipment)." [March 1994 descriptor added.]
  • Japan - TGN 1000120
  • landscapes (representations) - Use for creative works that depict outdoor scenes where the picture is dominated by the configuration, visual and aesthetic, of the land, bodies of water, and natural elements. When the ocean or other large body of water dominates the picture, use "seascapes." For images that are more documentary than creative, prefer "views" or "topographical views." For actual areas of land having certain notable characteristics, use "landscapes (environments)." [January 1993 scope note added; related term added. April 1991 descriptor moved; lead-in term added; descriptor changed, was "landscapes"; alternate term changed, was 'landscape'.]
  • Tokyo - TGN 7004472 (anglicized form without macrons used here as English name for the well-known city)
  • Ukiyo-e

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