Descending Geese of the Haikai Poet (Haisha rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Customs in the Floating World (Ukiyo fûzoku hakkei) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Descending Geese of the Haikai Poet (Haisha rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Customs in the Floating World (Ukiyo fûzoku hakkei)

Descending Geese of the Haikai Poet (Haisha rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Customs in the Floating World (Ukiyo fûzoku hakkei)

「浮世風俗八景　俳者落雁」

Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1775–76 (An'ei 4–5)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.3 x 19 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8295

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 203, #F-27-6 (mistakenly numbered 21.8266)

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8295, RES.33.186

Signed Koryû ga
湖竜画

ProvenanceMarch 1918, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.