Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Chofu Jewel River, Musashi Province, Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

Title

Chofu Jewel River, Musashi Province

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

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

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

46.293.8

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

[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

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Meisho

June 16 - October 10, 1995

Meisho-e

October 2, 1987 - January 24, 1988
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