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六玉川 「千鳥の玉川 陸奥名所」
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; 28.2 x 20.9 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4416
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #169; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #344.3, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 36; Yoshida, Harunobu zenshû (1942), #117
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1118, 21.4416
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
InscriptionsPoem by Nôin Hôshi: Yû sareba/ shiokaze koshite/ Michinoku no/ Noda no Tamagawa/ chidori naku nari
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; April 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.