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The Jewel River of Plovers (Chidori no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)


六玉川 「千鳥の玉川」
Shiba Kôkan (Suzuki Harushige) (Japanese, 1747–1818)
Forgery of: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770–71 (Meiwa 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 19.4 cm (10 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4998
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #600; Ukiyo-e shuka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 370
Signed Harunobu ga
春信画
InscriptionsPoem by Nôin Hôshi: Yû sareba/ shiokaze koshite/ Michinoku no/ Noda no Tamagawa/ chidori naku nari
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.