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Descending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), third state, from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei no uchi)


「近江八景之内 堅田落雁」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Publisher: Okumuraya
Japanese
Edo period
earlier 1760s (Horeki 9~)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.4 x 13.9 cm (12 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4589
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #035; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #65.6, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 164
DescriptionThe series is known in four states:
1) mizu-e (color only, no key block), signed, publisher Iwatoya
MFA impressions: 06.1197 (Awazu), 21.4581 (Karasaki)
2) with key block added, signed, publisher Iwatoya
MFA impressions: 21.4588 (Awazu), 21.4586 (Seta), 21.4585 (Mii), 21.4582 (Karasaki), 21.4583 (Hira), 21.4584 (Ishiyama)
3) with a new key block, unsigned, publisher Okumura
MFA impressions: 21.4587 (Yabase), 21.4589 (Katada)
4) same as 3 but in ink only
Signed Unsigned
無款
InscriptionsPoem: Mine amata/ koete koshiji ni/ mazu chikaki/ Katada ni nabiki/ otsuru karigane
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.