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The Ide Jewel River, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)


六玉川 井手玉川
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 24.9 cm (14 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6460
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #489.3, pl. 57; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 63.1.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #247; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #99; the series: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 244-7 (this design not illustrated)
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
改印:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Yoshiwara ni/ ... kokoro no/ koma tomete/ ...
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#269); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.