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The Actor Sawamura Gyozan Holding an Incense Burner

The Actor Sawamura Gyozan Holding an Incense Burner

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Utagawa Toyokuni

Artist
Utagawa Toyokuni
(Japanese, 1769 - 1825)
Title
The Actor Sawamura Gyozan Holding an Incense Burner
Date
1810-1815
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
fan: 228 x 259 mm image
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.3202
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

1930, purchased from Aoyama (Paris, France) 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]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 333

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