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...true that soon after Utamaro Ukiyo-e art sharply declined. Hiroshige (1797-1858) was the last Ukiyo-e master. An Edo fireman, Hiroshige quit fire fighting at 27 to hike up and down Japan sketching. He turned his sketches into a flood of prints showing the nation's famed views, stopping places, bridges, rivers and fairs in all kinds of weather. Bales of Hiroshige's prints found their way to Europe, did as much as anything to spark modern painting. Manet, Degas, Lautrec and Van Gogh all learned from Ukiyo-e art. But after Hiroshige's death...
...special-detail fireman may prowl among the couples at the candle-light supper planned for next Saturday by the Freshman Union Committee...
...Union is willing to pay $7, a Cambridge fireman will stand guard over the candles, prohibited by state fire laws. Otherwise, there may be only white tablecloths...
...Union Committee, on the other hand, can get around that by hiring an off-duty fireman to take the detail," Deputy Chief Henry E. Kilfoyle of the Cambridge Fire Department, said. "I have the power and it is perfectly legal if the fireman is there, depending on how much they want the candles," he added...
...Treasury can stand it," Kilfoyle continued, "they ought to hire the fireman just to keep the peace. I don't see how the University or the city can object to that...