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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Enjoying the Evening Cool with the Great Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku noryo ohanabi)
Woodblock print
Each sheet signed Hiroshige ga
Censor's seals Fuku (Fukushima Saburoemon) and Muramatsu (Muramatsu Genroku)
Published by Yamadaya Shojiro (Kinkyodo), circa 1847-52
Vertical oban triptych:
Left sheet: 37.9 x 25.5 cm. (15 x 10 in.)
Centre sheet: 37.7 x 25.7 cm. (1478 x 1018 in.)
Right sheet: 37.7 x 25.6 cm. (1478 x 1018 in.)
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The same triptych is in the collection of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), object no. 46.293.11, go to:
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