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Evening Bell of the Clock (Tokei no banshô), from the series Fashionable Eight Views of the Parlor (Fûryû zashiki hakkei)


「風流座しき八景 時計の晩鐘」
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770–72 (Meiwa 7–An'ei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.8 x 19.5 cm (10 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8279
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 200, #F-4-3; Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #87
Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画
InscriptionsPoem: Omou sono/ akatsuki chigiru/ hajime zo to/ matsu kiku Mii no/ iriai no kane
おもふその あかつきちぎる はじめぞと まつきくみゐの 入相のかね
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.