Japanese Woodblock Print By UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE. Titled "Fireworks at Ryôgoku (Ryôgoku hanabi)", from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei). Approximately 5 7/8" Wide x 9 1/2" High.
For A Similar Example:
Christie's UK July 24 - August 7, 2014 (Online Auction). Lot #59, Which Realized GBP £3,200
Specialist's Notes
For another impression in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, see www.mfa.org accession number 21.9500, and another in the Tokyo National Museum go to http://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/C0080802
Estimate
GBP 2,500 - 3,500
Description
A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PRINTS FROM THE SERIES 100 VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES OF EDO
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
Ryogoku hanabi [Fireworks at Ryogoku] from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei [One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo]
Woodblock print, signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, 8th month 1858
Vertical oban (36.6 x 24.5cm.)
For Other Similar Examples:
Christies London - July 5-12, 2018 - From Artist To Woodblock: Japanese Prints Online - Lot #110.
Description Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Woodblock print, signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, 8th month 1858
Vertical oban (36.8 x 24.2 cm.) Price Realized $13,750.00
For Other Similar Examples:
British Museum
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?partid=1&objectid=786887
Harvard Art Museum
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/209482
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/204230
Honolulu Museum of Art
http://www.honoluluacademy.org/art/7636
http://www.honoluluacademy.org/art/7637
Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/60001195
Waseda University Theatre Museum
http://enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results-big.php?shiryo_no=201-1400
http://enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results-big.php?shiryo_no=201-2516
Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/460234
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/460233
