Hiroshige "Fireworks at Ryogoku" -One Hundred Famous Views of Edo-

The bridge was named Ryōgoku-bashi (“Two Provinces Bridge”) because it spanned the Sumida River, linking the provinces of Musashi and Shimōsa, and the surrounding district came to be called Ryōgoku. This area flourished as Edo’s foremost entertainment quarter, bustling day and night with spectacles, theater, street lectures, and rows of food stalls. In the Edo period, fireworks were especially famous here as a summer evening attraction by the bridge, drawing such great crowds that traffic often had to be regulated.

歌川広重「名所江戸百景 両国花火」
Utagawa Hiroshige, Meisho Edo Hyakkei, Ryōgoku Hanabi

Print Size: H 13" × W 8.8" / H 33.8 cm × W 22.3 cm
Paper: Echizen Kizuki Hosho Washi made by Living National Treasure, Ichibei Iwano