Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915)

Name: FIREWORKS AT RYOGOKU BRIDGE
Brand: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915)
Price: 900.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 1,125

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GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,200

Closed: 3 Dec 2015

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FIREWORKS AT RYOGOKU BRIDGE

Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915)

Price Realised GBP 1,125

Closed: 3 Dec 2015

Price Realised GBP 1,125

Closed: 3 Dec 2015

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Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915)
Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series One Hundred Views of Musashi Province (Musashi hyakkei no uchi)

Woodblock print, signed Shinsei Kobayashi Kiyochika, sealed Kiyochika, published by Kobayashi Tetsujiro, 1884, 11th month
Vertical oban (36.2 x 24.4 cm.)

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Lot Essay

A woman dressed in a beautiful summer kimono leans back against the side of a boat while watching fireworks explode above the Ryogoku bridge in Tokyo. The sky is embellished with mica.

For another impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 52.277, go to:
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/fireworks-at-ry%C3%B4goku-bridge-ry%C3%B4goku-hanabi-from-the-series-one-hundred-views-of-musashi-province-musashi-hyakkei-no-uchi-255618