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A View of Cherry Blossoms at the New Yoshiwara: a Five Panel Picture

A View of Cherry Blossoms at the New Yoshiwara: a Five Panel Picture

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Utagawa Toyokuni

Artist
Utagawa Toyokuni
(Japanese, 1769 - 1825)
Title
A View of Cherry Blossoms at the New Yoshiwara: a Five Panel Picture
Date
1811-1814
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
375 x 1275 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.3189b
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

By 1925, purchased in Japan by Frank Lloyd Wright; ca. 1926, acquired by The Bank of Wisconsin; 1928, sold to 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]

  • Mueller, Laura. "Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School." Leiden, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2007. p. 102, no. 69

  • Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/3/2007–1/6/2008

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