The Jewel River in Musashi Province (Bu Tamagawa), cut from one sheet of an untitled harimaze series of Famous Places in Edo

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The Jewel River in Musashi Province (Bu Tamagawa), cut from one sheet of an untitled harimaze series of Famous Places in Edo

江戸名所張交　「武玉河」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical aiban sheet; 9.7 x 15.5 cm (3 13/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8881

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, aiban #18 (series of 17 prints, not listed individually); Matsuki 1939, #591 (uncut sheet)

DescriptionFrom a harimaze sheet with five designs, including one calligraphy and four pictures.

MFA impressions: 06.761a (courtesan only), 21.8881 (Tamagawa only), 21.8882 (courtesan only), RES.54.18 (uncut sheet)

Signed (seal only)

Marks Artist's seal: Ryûsai