{"product_id":"suzuki-harunobu-descending-geese-koto-bridges-giclee-print","title":"Suzuki Harunobu – Descending Geese of the Koto Bridges (Kotoji no rakugan), c. 1766 | Giclée Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young woman tunes a koto while another listens. The row of bridges along the instrument is the picture: in the Chinese canon this view is \u003cem\u003eWild Geese Descending to a Sandbar\u003c\/em\u003e, and the geese have become the koto bridges, stepping down the soundboard in a line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe series turns the old landscape cycle into eight objects in a living room — a parody, a \u003cem\u003emitate\u003c\/em\u003e, which only works if you know the landscape it replaces. These are also among the first full-colour woodblock prints ever made, the \u003cem\u003enishiki-e\u003c\/em\u003e Harunobu forced through from 1765.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat this is.\u003c\/strong\u003e A giclée reproduction printed with pigment inks. It is not a woodblock print and is not sold as one — a woodblock print is pulled by hand from cut cherry blocks, and the good impressions are in museums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eOriginal: 29 × 21.7 cm \/ 11 3\/8 × 8 1\/2 in — chūban, Art Institute of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e30 × 40 cm \/ 11.8 × 15.7 in\u003c\/strong\u003e — Original size, 1:1\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e50 × 70 cm \/ 19.7 × 27.6 in\u003c\/strong\u003e — Enlarged, 1.7× original\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), \u003cem\u003eDescending Geese of the Koto Bridges (Kotoji no rakugan)\u003c\/em\u003e, from the series \u003cem\u003eEight Views of the Parlour (Zashiki hakkei)\u003c\/em\u003e, c. 1766; colour woodblock print, chūban, 29 × 21.7 cm.\u003cbr\u003eThe Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection, Acc. No. 1928.899.\u003cbr\u003ePublic domain; the museum publishes its digitisation under CC0.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe print\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiclée on 200 gsm FSC-certified fine art paper, twelve pigment inks. White border, optical centre. The paper tone of the original is kept, not corrected. Unframed. Shipped rolled in a tube.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Museartis","offers":[{"title":"30 × 40 cm \/ 11.8 × 15.7 in — Original size, 1:1","offer_id":65972162789725,"sku":"d9b15ea4-966b-414e-b3f5-776677255303","price":49.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"50 × 70 cm \/ 19.7 × 27.6 in — Enlarged, 1.7× original","offer_id":65972166852957,"sku":"36bf611d-f2d9-401f-9141-a7835670cc2c","price":89.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1102\/7139\/8237\/files\/museartis-harunobu-descending-geese-koto-plate.jpg?v=1789931482","url":"https:\/\/museartis.com\/products\/suzuki-harunobu-descending-geese-koto-bridges-giclee-print","provider":"Museartis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}