Skip to main content

Visit Main Menu Block

  • Hours & Admission
  • Accessibility & Amenities
  • Tours & Group Visits
  • Visitor Guidelines

Exhibitions and Events Main Menu Block

  • Exhibitions
  • Events

Art and Design Main Menu Block

  • Collection
  • Collection Research
  • Past Exhibitions
  • Watch / Listen / Read

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Image

Image with id "dsRbP" not found, published, or embeddable.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Enjoying the Evening Cool with Fireworks, Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku noryo ohanabi)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Yamadaya Shōjirō (Japanese), publisher

Title

Enjoying the Evening Cool with Fireworks, Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku noryo ohanabi)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1847-1852

Medium

  • Three-paneled polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Three-paneled polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

37 x 74 cm (14 9/16 x 29 1/8 inches) (overall)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Hiro; censor's seal | Murmatsu Genroku | Fukushima Wajuro

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

46.293.11

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Triptychs in Japanese Printmaking
Jun 06, 2003 – Aug 31, 2003

Label copy

On summer evenings, the Ryogoku Bridge in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) was a focus for entertainment that occasionally included dramatic displays of fireworks. This spot was also known for its prostitutes, women who plied their trade on pleasure boats that rode up and down the Sumida River.

Edo Culture as Reflected in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Sep 22, 1994 – Dec 15, 1994
Depicting Four Seasons in Japanese Prints
Jul 23, 1993 – Sep 26, 1993

Related Objects

Related Objects

No Image Available

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Enjoying the evening cool with fireworks Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku noryo ohanabi), Edo (Japanese period)
No Image Available

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Enjoying the evening cool with fireworks Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku noryo ohanabi), Edo (Japanese period)
No Image Available

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目 歌川広重

Portfolio cover
No Image Available

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Enjoying the evening cool with fireworks Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku noryo ohanabi), Edo (Japanese period)

More objects +

Use & Feedback

Image use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use.

This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Yamadaya Shōjirō (Japanese), publisher
Enjoying the Evening Cool with Fireworks, Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku noryo ohanabi), 1847-1852
Three-paneled polychrome woodblock print
37 x 74 cm (14 9/16 x 29 1/8 inches) (overall)
Gift of Marshall H. Gould 46.293.11

To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

Feedback

We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

RISD Museum

  •  Facebook
  •  Twitter
  •  Instagram
  •  Vimeo
  •  Pinterest
  •  SoundCloud

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Footer Secondary

  • Image Request
  • Press Office
  • Rent the Museum
  • Terms of Use