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Court Noble beside the Tetsukuri Tama River in Musashi Province, from an untitled series of the Six Jewel Rivers

Court Noble beside the Tetsukuri Tama River in Musashi Province, from an untitled series of the Six Jewel Rivers

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Utagawa Toyohiro

The Tetsukuri Tama River in Musashi (modern-day Tokyo) is associated with the courtier-poet Fujiwara no Teika. One of his poems refers to the washing and bleaching of cloth, which became the most common imagery associated with this river and poem. Toyohiro places the conventional scene in the distance and focuses instead on a courtier-poet in distinct costume.
Artist
Utagawa Toyohiro
(Japanese, 1773 - 1828)
Title
Court Noble beside the Tetsukuri Tama River in Musashi Province, from an untitled series of the Six Jewel Rivers
Date
1790-1800
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
389 x 250 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.3115
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

By 1925, purchased in Japan by Frank Lloyd Wright; ca. 1926, acquired by The Bank of Wisconsin; 1928, sold to Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Mueller, Laura. "Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School." Leiden, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2007. p. 81, no. 33

  • Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900 : Chazen Museum of Art, 3/21/2008–6/15/2008
  • Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/3/2007–1/6/2008

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