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「江戸八景 隅田川の落雁」
Descending Geese on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa no rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)
「江戸八景 隅田川の落雁」
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.3 x 37 cm (9 15/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25661
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #126; Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #97; another print from the series: Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 8 (1981), #321
Signed
Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画
渓斎英泉画
Marks
No censor's seal
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.