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The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Ide), from the series Six Jewel Rivers in Various Provinces (Shokoku Mu Tamagawa)

The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Ide), from the series Six Jewel Rivers in Various Provinces (Shokoku Mu Tamagawa)

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
DimensionsVertical ôban, creped; 22 x 14.5 cm (8 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.21134
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Shunzei, from the Shin Kokinshû: Koma tomete/ nao mizu kawan/ yamabuki no/ hana no tsuyu sou/ Ide no Tamagawa
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
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