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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.836
People
Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Japanese (1769 - 1825)
Title
Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 「両国花火の図」
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1820-1825
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/199406

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Technique
Woodblock print
Dimensions
vertical ōban: H. 37.3 cm x W. 26.5 cm (14 11/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Katsushika Hokusai (spurious)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.836
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Upper center sheet of an incomplete, two-tier hexaptych: 1933.4.835 (top right), 1933.4.836 (top center), 1933.4.837 (top left)

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