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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Chofu Jewel River, Musashi Province

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Maruya Kyūshirō 丸屋久四郎 (Japanese, 1853 - 1865), publisher

Title

Chofu Jewel River, Musashi Province
The six jewel rivers of the various provinces
Shokoku mutamagawa

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1857.11

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Plate: 33 x 22.9 cm (13 x 9 inches) (Mat size: D)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems] Kashu (poetical works) [the formal name for Teika's self-selected anthology is Shuiguso] Teika [Fujiwara no Teika, poet] Poem: Tetsukuriya sarasu (translates to)Cloth hung to bleach over a fencekakineno asatsuyuni(translates to)saturated with morning dewdrops tsuranukitomenu(translates to)like scattered jewels Tamagawa no sato (translates to)in the village of TamagawaTetsukuriya means not only the place (Tetsukuri is an alternate reading for Chofu) but the cloth they are preparing. Tama in tamagawa means "jewel" and the dewdrops here are likened to jewels.

Signature: Hiroshige

Seals: Censor's seal | aratame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

46.293.8

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Meisho
Depictions of Famous Places in Japan
Jun 16, 1995 – Oct 10, 1995
Meisho-e
Famous Places in Japanese Prints by Hiroshige (Part I)
Oct 02, 1987 – Jan 24, 1988

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Maruya Kyūshirō 丸屋久四郎 (Japanese, 1853 - 1865), publisher
Chofu Jewel River, Musashi Province; The six jewel rivers of the various provinces; Shokoku mutamagawa, 1857.11
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 33 x 22.9 cm (13 x 9 inches) (Mat size: D)
Gift of Marshall H. Gould 46.293.8

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