Jinta Hirayama's Japanese Firework Illustrations

The bold and colourful woodblock prints of Jinta Hirayama's Japanese Firework Illustrations turn the trade catalogue of a Japanese fireworks company into some of the most striking graphic art of their age.Founded in Yokohama in 1877, the Hirayama Fireworks Co. sold its wares overseas through illustrated catalogues. Its designs were cut as ukiyo-e prints, in the same tradition as Hokusai, Hiroshige...