Hiroshige "Fireworks at Ryogoku" -One Hundred Famous Views of Edo- tochi A soft and simple silhouette

A soft and simple silhouette invites a sense of playfulness

Kanbara lies quiet under a blanket of snow

The low-angle perspective and shaded waves constitute the key to this work which is one of the foremost masterpieces

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Hiroshige "Fireworks at Ryogoku" -One Hundred Famous Views of Edo- tochi A soft and simple silhouetteThe bridge was named Rygoku bashi (Two Provinces Bridge) because it spanned the Sumida River, linking the provinces of Musashi and Shimsa, and the surrounding district came to be called Rygoku. This area flourished as Edos 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,