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The Chôfu Jewel River (Chôfu no Tamagawa), from the series Six Modern Jewel-like Faces (Tôsei mu tamagao), a pun on Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)


「当世六玉顔 調布之玉川」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moritaya Hanzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.507
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #167; the series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-84
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)