The Cloth-fulling Jewel River (Tôi no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)

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The Cloth-fulling Jewel River (Tôi no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)

六玉川　檮衣の玉川

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; 36.4 x 24.5 cm (14 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6536

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #245; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #489.2, pl. 140; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 63.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #249; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #97

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceJanuary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.