Ichikawa Sadanji II as Marubashi Chuya in Record of the Great Pacification of the Keian Period, from the series Supplement to the Collection of Shunsen Portraits

26 September 1933, purchased from the Japanese Travel Bureau at the Chicago Fair (Chicago, IL) by Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Stevens, Andrew. "Color Woodcut International: Japan, Britain, and America In the Early Twentieth Century." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2006. p. 108, no. 50
• Roberts, Laurance P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer." 1st edition. Tokyo; New York: Weatherhill, 1976. p. 119
• Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada. "Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975." University of Hawaii Press, 1992. p. 107

• Watanabe: Japanese Print Envoy: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/1/2018–9/2/2018
• Beyond Likeness: Mapping the Self: Chazen Museum of Art, 2/19/2016–4/3/2016
• Color Woodcut International: Japan, Britain, and America in the Early 20th Century: Chazen Museum of Art, 12/9/2006–2/25/2007

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