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The Jewel River of Plovers, a Famous Place in Mutsu Province (Chidori Tamagawa, Mutsu no meisho), from the series The Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fûzoku Mu Tamagawa)


「風俗六玉川 千鳥玉川 陸奥の名所」
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; 72.9 x 13.4 cm (28 11/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4568
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #567; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #794.3, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 569
Signed Suzuki Harunobu hitsu
鈴木春信筆
InscriptionsPoem by Nôin Hôsh: Yû sareba/ shiokaze koshite/ Michinoku no/ Noda no Tamagawa/ chidori naku nari
ProvenanceFormerly in the Kobayashi collection; October 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.