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)

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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

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.