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The Flying Down of Wild Geese at Yoshiwara
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The Flying Down of Wild Geese at Yoshiwara

Isoda Koryūsai

Date unknown

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Tags

BirdsWomen

Dimensions

H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); W. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Classification

Prints

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Isoda Koryūsai

1735–1790 • Japan

Japanese, 1735–ca. 1790

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