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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 triptych; 38.8 x 76.8 cm (15 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6187, 21.7358, 63.1074
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)
DescriptionTriptych (left half of hexaptych): 21.6187 (center), 21.7358 (right), 63.1074 (left)
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 (on each sheet)
俊満画
俊満画
Marks
Artist's seal: Shunman
ProvenanceNovember 27, 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Sotheby's; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.