The Jewel River of Plovers, a Famous Place in Mutsu Province (Chidori no Tamagawa, Mutsu meisho), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)

六玉川　「千鳥の玉川　陸奥名所」

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1766–67 (Meiwa 3–4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 27.7 x 20.3 cm (10 7/8 x 8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1118

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #170; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #344.3, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 239

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1118, 21.4416

Signed Unsigned
無款

InscriptionsPoem by Nôin Hôshi: Yû sareba/ shiokaze koshite/ Michinoku no/ Noda no Tamagawa/ chidori naku nari

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross