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Descending Geese at Tsukiji: The Kingentei Restaurant in Shimabara and the Geisha Koroku of the Miyoshiya in Yanagibashi (Tsukiji no rakugan, Yanagibashi Miyoshiya Koroku), from the series Eight Views of Beauties and Restaurants (Mitate kaiseki hakkei)


「美立会席八景 築地の落雁」 「嶋原近源亭」 「柳ばし 三よし屋小六」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Morimoto Junzaburô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1875 (Meiji 8), July

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.7 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44428
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe complete series of eight: 11.34930, 11.34931, 11.44425 through 11.44430.
Signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
豊原国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 7
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Hei ?
改印:亥七
彫師:彫工平
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.