Descending Geese of the Koto Bridges, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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

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; 27.8 x 21 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4485

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #128; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #512.4.3, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 218

DescriptionThird state, without signature and seal of Kyosen, but with Harunobu signature added.
MFA impressions: 06.1121 (second state), 21.4484 (first state), 21.4485 (third state)

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.