Description
8代将軍徳川吉宗が、飢饉と疫病による死者の慰霊と悪病退散を祈願して隅田川の川開きの際に花火を打ち上げて以後、両国の花火は江戸の夏の風物詩となった。モノトーンのシルエットで表わされた岸辺と舟、赤い提灯の火が際立って夜の景色であることがわかる。
Data source
ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
March 16, 2026