Edo prints
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Design: |
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) |
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Title: |
Homing geese of the koto bridges |
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Series title: |
Eight Parlour Views |
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Size: |
28.6 x 21.2 cm (chūban) |
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Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks |
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Photography: |
Jacques Commandeur |
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Enlargement
Originally published in 1766, this printing is an early post-war period original edition from publisher Takamizawa.
Red publisher stamp on verso of the print:
The stamp consists of the Takamizawa seal, the roman text ‘‘Takamizawa Print’’, and the following kanji:
Character |
Reading |
Meaning |
Translation |
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高 |
taka |
high |
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見 |
mi(ru) |
see |
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沢 |
sawa |
marsh |
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忠 |
tada |
faithfulness |
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雄 |
o |
great |
Made |
製 |
sei |
manufacture |
by |
作 |
saku |
make |
Takamizawa Tadao |
References
- Chiba City Museum of Art (2002). Suzuki Harunobu. Chiba: Chiba City Museum of Art and Hagi Uragami Museum
- Narazaki, Muneshige, ed. (1988). Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections, Volume 12. The Berlin Oriental Art Museum. Tokyo: Kodansha International.
- Waterhouse, David (2013). The Harunobu decade. A catalogue of woodcuts by Suzuki Harunobu and his followers in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV.
Provenance: Fuji Arts