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Massaki-hen yori Suijin no mori Ryogoku hanabi (Fireworks,
Uchigawa Sekiya no sato o miru Ryogoku)

zu (View from Massaki of Suijin Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo The firework displays at the Ryogoku Bridge were among the most
shrine, Uchigawa inlet, and hyakkei (One hundred views of Edo), signed popular summer pleasures of Edo residents since 1733, when the
Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, 8th first official fireworks were commissioned by the eighth Tokugawa
Sekiya) Shogun, Yoshimune, to commemorate citizens who had died in a
month 1858
cholera epidemic. The memorial, including a display of fireworks,
Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo Vertical oban: 14¡ x 9æ in. (36.5 x 24.8 cm.) became an annual observance.
hyakkei (One hundred famous views of Edo),
signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, $8,000-12,000
8th month 1857
Vertical oban: 14¡ x 9¬ in. (36.5 x 24.4 cm.)

$7,000-9,000