Descending Geese of the Koto Bridges, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)

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Descending Geese of the Koto Bridges, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)

坐鋪八景　琴路の落雁

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1766 (Meiwa 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28.5 x 20.8 cm (11 1/4 x 8 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4484

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #126; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #512.4.1, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 25

DescriptionFirst state, with signature and seal of Kyosen.

MFA impressions: 06.1121 (second state), 21.4484 (first state), 21.4485 (third state)

Signed (no artist's signature)

Marks Designer: Kyosen
Collector's seals
巨川

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.