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Girl Riding a Flying Goose (Parody of the Taoist Immortal Liu Nu)


雁に乗って空を飛ぶ女(見立劉女)
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
1766 (Meiwa 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 21.5 x 28.7 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4603
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #115; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #185.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 96; Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #17 (first state)
DescriptionSecond state, with signature of Shibô removed but calendar marks in place.
Signed Unsigned
無款
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.