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

Yū sarebashiokaze koshiteMichinoku noNoda no Tamagawachidori naku nariEvening descendsas winds from the seablow across Jewel Riverof Noda in Michinokuwhere flocks of plovers cry.[Signed] Priest Nōin (998–1050)—Trans. John T. Carpenter
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Edo period (1615–1868)