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The Kôya Jewel River, a Famous Place in Kii Province (Kôya no Tamagawa, Kii no kuni no meisho), from the series The Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fûzoku Mu Tamagawa)


「風俗六玉川 高野の玉川 紀伊国の名所」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 69.9 x 12.5 cm (27 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4539
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #565; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #794.1, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 437; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #142
Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem by Kûkai: Wasurete mo/ kumu ya shitsuran/ tabibito no/ Takano no oku no/ Tamagawa no mizu
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#379); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.