The Jewel River at Chōfu (Chōfu no Tamagawa)
Tatsukuri (or Tetsukuri), in the Musashi area west of modern Tokyo known as Chōfu, is a famous place for bleaching cloth. The woman here is rinsing cloth in the shoals of the river but looks almost as if dancing with the waving cloth. Use of the technique of embossing subtly reveals the cloth's thickness.
The poem by Fujiwara Teika in the square reads:
Tamagawa at Chōfu by Teika
The cloth that is hung over the
fence for bleaching
catches the morning dew at the
village of Tamagawa.
(trans. by Miyeko Murase)
The poem by Fujiwara Teika in the square reads:
Tamagawa at Chōfu by Teika
The cloth that is hung over the
fence for bleaching
catches the morning dew at the
village of Tamagawa.
(trans. by Miyeko Murase)
Artwork Details
- Title: The Jewel River at Chōfu (Chōfu no Tamagawa)
- Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1768
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (27 x 19.7 cm)
medium-size print (chu-ban) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
- Object Number: JP3022
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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