Untitled set of the six Crystal Rivers
Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei
1847-1848
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The
Crystal Rivers are also known as the |
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Title: The Ide Crystal River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro no kuni
Ide no Tamagawa, 山城国井出の玉川) Description: Women wading Note: This river is also known as the Hagi |
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Title:
The Tôi
Crystal River in Settsu Province (Settsu
no kuni Tôi no Tamagawa, 摂津国檮衣の玉川) Description: Women fulling (removing creases from)
cloth Note: This river is also known as the Mishima and as the
Kinuta |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state without any purple. |
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Another state of the above design with a solid blue sky |
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Title: The Lespedeza Crystal River in Ômi
Province (Ômi no kuni Hagi no Tamagawa, 近江国 萩の玉川) Description: Three women by flowering lespedeza
bushes Note: This river is more commonly called the Noji, and is
associated with hagi (bush clover) from a
famous poem by Minamoto no Toshiyori. |
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Another state of the above design |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this state. |
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Title: The Kôya Crystal River in Kii Province (Kii no kuni Kôya no Tamagawa, 紀伊国高野玉川) Description: Three women by a river |
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Another state of the above triptych |
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Title: The Chôfu Crystal River in Musashi Province (Musashi no kuni Chôfu Tamagawa,
武蔵国, 調布の玉川) Description: Women washing clothes |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state with blue replacing purple. |
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Another state of the above triptych. Note that the woman in the center is now
wearing a striped kimono and the colors in the cartouche have
changed. |
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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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