Untitled set of the six Crystal Rivers

Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei

1847-1848

The Crystal Rivers are also known as the Jewel Rivers and the Tama Rivers. This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). Each panel is about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

Title: The Ide Crystal River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro no kuni Ide no Tamagawa)

Description: Women wading

Note: This river is also known as the Hagi

Title: The Tôi Crystal River in Settsu Province (Settsu no kuni Tôi no Tamagawa)

Description: Women fulling (removing creases from) cloth

Note: This river is also known as the Mishima and as the Kinuta

Another state of the above triptych

Title:The Lespedeza Crystal River in Ômi Province (Ômi no kuni Hagi no Tamagawa)

Description: Three women by flowering lespedeza bushes

Note: This river is more commonly called the Noji

Title: The Kôya Crystal River in Kii Province (Kii no kuni Kôya no Tamagawa)

Description: Three women by a river

Another state of the above triptych

Title: The Chôfu Crystal River in Musashi Province (Musashi no kuni Chôfu Tamagawa)

Description: Women washing clothes

Another state of the above triptych. Note that the woman in the center is now wearing a striped kimono.

Title: The Plover (Chidori) Crystal River in Mutsu Province (Mutsu no kuni Chidori no Tamagawa, 陸奥国千鳥のたま河)

Description: Three beauties collecting brine for salt with two more on the salt flats behind (right) and a flock of plovers in formation above

Note: This river is also called the Noda

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