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The Chôfu Jewel River (Chôfu no Tamagawa), from the series Refined Amusements for the Six Jewel Rivers (Gayû Mu Tamagawa)

The Chôfu Jewel River (Chôfu no Tamagawa), from the series Refined Amusements for the Six Jewel Rivers (Gayû Mu Tamagawa)

(Japanese, active about 1781–1801)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban; 22.7 x 16.3 cm (8 15/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund and the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number50.660
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy exchange, Chinese and Japanese Special Fund and the Bigelow Collection
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga Gorô Tokimune
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga Gorô Tokimune
Katsukawa Shunzan
1782 (Tenmei 2), 1st month
Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya, kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta, from the series Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyô)
Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya, kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta, from the series Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyô)
Katsukawa Shunzan
about 1787 (Tenmei 7)
Sanbasô with His Tongue Stuck Out (Shita-dashi Sanbasô), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi)
Sanbasô with His Tongue Stuck Out (Shita-dashi Sanbasô), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi)
Katsukawa Shunzan
The Cordless Hat of Love (Koi no kake-eboshi), from the series The Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara, Part 2 (Seirô Niwaka, ni no kawari)
The Cordless Hat of Love (Koi no kake-eboshi), from the series The Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara, Part 2 (Seirô Niwaka, ni no kawari)
Katsukawa Shunzan
White Sake (Shirozake), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing, Second Part (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi, ni no kawari)
White Sake (Shirozake), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing, Second Part (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi, ni no kawari)
Katsukawa Shunzan
Blind Women Musicians (Goze), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing, Part 2 (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi, ni no kawari)
Blind Women Musicians (Goze), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing, Part 2 (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi, ni no kawari)
Katsukawa Shunzan
Visitors at Temple Gate
Visitors at Temple Gate
Katsukawa Shunzan
1788 (Tenmei 8)
Flowers at Night (Yoru no hana sugata), from the series The Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara (Seirô Niwaka)
Flowers at Night (Yoru no hana sugata), from the series The Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara (Seirô Niwaka)
Katsukawa Shunzan
Iwafuji and Onoe, a Kagamiyama Story of a Long Stay in the Pleasure Quarters (Iwafuji Onoe, Itsuzuke kuruwa Kagamiyama), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi)
Iwafuji and Onoe, a Kagamiyama Story of a Long Stay in the Pleasure Quarters (Iwafuji Onoe, Itsuzuke kuruwa Kagamiyama), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi)
Katsukawa Shunzan
1790s
On the Veranda of a Mansion
On the Veranda of a Mansion
Katsukawa Shunzan
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
On the Veranda of a Mansion
On the Veranda of a Mansion
Katsukawa Shunzan
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Catching Fireflies in the Garden of a Mansion
Catching Fireflies in the Garden of a Mansion
Katsukawa Shunzan
about 1785–89 (late Tenmei era)