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Descending Geese on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa rakugan), from the series Fashionable Eight Views of Edo (Fûryû Edo hakkei)


「風流江戸八景 隅田川落雁」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768 (Meiwa 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.8 x 20.8 cm (10 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4508
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #314; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #323.6, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 315; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 137, #226
Signed Harunobu ga
春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Koete koshi/ mine wa amata no/ kumoji yori/ Sumida ga hara ni/ otsuru karigane
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.