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「江戸八景 吉原落雁」
Descending Geese at the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)
「江戸八景 吉原落雁」
Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1828)
Japanese
Edo period
1790s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26 x 38.5 cm (10 1/4 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14789
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e taisei 6 (1930), #304; Toyama, The Western-style Colour Prints in Japan (1936), pl. 53
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.705 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.14789, 21.6905
Some prints in the series have the mark of publisher Tsuruya Kinsuke, but there is no publisher's mark on this impression.
Reprinted from the picture book Ehon Edo Murasaki.
Some prints in the series have the mark of publisher Tsuruya Kinsuke, but there is no publisher's mark on this impression.
Reprinted from the picture book Ehon Edo Murasaki.
Signed
Toyohiro ga
豊広画
豊広画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.