The Chôfu Jewel River, a Famous Place in Musashi Province (Chôfu no Tamagawa, Musashi no meisho), from the series The Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fûzoku Mu Tamagawa)

「風俗六玉川　調布の玉川　むさしの名所」

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)

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

Dimensions Hashira-e; 70 x 12.6 cm (27 9/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1294

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #566; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #794.6, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 568

Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画

InscriptionsPoem by Teika: Tazukuri ya/ sarasu kakine no/ asa tsuyu wo/ tsuranuki tomenu/ Tamagawa no sato

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross