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The Courtesans Hanagoto, Kindayu, Shiratama and Ausato, from the series A Mirror Reflecting the Forms of Fair Women of the Green Houses

The Courtesans Hanagoto, Kindayu, Shiratama and Ausato, from the series A Mirror Reflecting the Forms of Fair Women of the Green Houses

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Kitao Shigemasa and Katsukawa Shunshō

Artist
Kitao Shigemasa and Katsukawa Shunshō
(Japanese, 1739-1830) (Japanese, 1726-1793)
Title
The Courtesans Hanagoto, Kindayu, Shiratama and Ausato, from the series A Mirror Reflecting the Forms of Fair Women of the Green Houses
Date
1776
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
221 x 301 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of Abigail Van Vleck
Accession No.
1984.1147
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

By 1943, acquired by Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 1980, passed through inheritance to John’s wife, Abigail P. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 1984, bequeathed to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 312

  • Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/4/2004–11/7/2004

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