Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryôgoku Bridge in Edo: A Great Display of Fireworks (Edo Ryôgoku-bashi yûsuzumi ôhanabi no zu)

Utagawa Kunitora (Japanese, active early 19th century)

Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)

1820s

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 38 x 76.5 cm (14 15/16 x 30 1/8 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number11.36852a-c

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ClassificationsPrints

Collections

ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.