“The Jewel River of Plovers, a Famous Place in Mutsu Province,” from the series Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa: Chidori no Tamagawa, Mutsu meisho)

Suzuki Harunobu Japanese

Edo period (1615–1868)

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Yū sareba
shiokaze koshite
Michinoku no
Noda no Tamagawa
chidori naku nari

Evening descends
as winds from the sea
blow across Jewel River
of Noda in Michinoku
where flocks of plovers cry.

[Signed] Priest Nōin (998–1050)

—Trans. John T. Carpenter

“The Jewel River of Plovers, a Famous Place in Mutsu Province,” from the series Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa: Chidori no Tamagawa, Mutsu meisho), Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan

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