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六玉川
The Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)
六玉川
Japanese
Edo period
about 1785–89 (late Tenmei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38 x 25 cm (14 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number23.191
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 6, Musee Guimet I (1990), pl. 111 (complete hexaptych); Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 7 (1980), #193 (complete hexaptych)
DescriptionFrom an incomplete hexaptych, sheet 2 from right.
MFA impressions:
First edition, pub. Fushimiya Zenroku, limited colors:
06.721 (sheet 3); *11.14948 (sheet 4, deaccessioned in 2012); 21.6187VR (sheets 4-6; 21.6187, 21.7358, 63.1074); 21.7356 (sheet 2); 21.7357 (sheet 3); 21.7359-61 (sheets 1-3); 23.191 (sheet 2)
Second edition, pub. Tsutaya Jûzaburô, full color:
11.14946-7 (sheets 4-5); 21.6197 (sheet 4); 21.7362-4 (sheets 4-6)
MFA impressions:
First edition, pub. Fushimiya Zenroku, limited colors:
06.721 (sheet 3); *11.14948 (sheet 4, deaccessioned in 2012); 21.6187VR (sheets 4-6; 21.6187, 21.7358, 63.1074); 21.7356 (sheet 2); 21.7357 (sheet 3); 21.7359-61 (sheets 1-3); 23.191 (sheet 2)
Second edition, pub. Tsutaya Jûzaburô, full color:
11.14946-7 (sheets 4-5); 21.6197 (sheet 4); 21.7362-4 (sheets 4-6)
Signed
Shunman ga
俊満画
俊満画
Provenance1923, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1923)