# Fireworks at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku hanabi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), in Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige designed this in 1858, aged 61. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> A single firework bursts in a shower of sparks high above the dark Sumida River, while below, the Ryōgoku Bridge is crowded with spectators and pleasure boats gather on the water. The summer fireworks at Ryōgoku were among Edo’s most popular festivities.

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## The work

- Date: 1858
- Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
- Dimensions: 36 × 24.1 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.3734
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Utagawa Hiroshige](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/utagawa-hiroshige), Japanese, 1797–1858

Hiroshige was born into a family of Edo fire wardens and trained under Utagawa Toyohiro. His breakthrough came in the early 1830s with The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, scenes along the highway between Edo and Kyoto.

19 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Utagawa Hiroshige's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-utagawa-hiroshige?hang=749) (8 works)
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