Ukiyoe EDO-LIFE S02E14 - A Night of Fashion and Fireworks

For a time during the Edo period, fireworks lit up the skies practically every night in the summer. It was a chance for women to dress up and let loose ... and grab the attention of male suitors.

*"Women Watching Fireworks at Sumida River" (1795-96) by Kitagawa Utamaro