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The Song Courtesans at the Otowa Waterfall, on Scrap-paper Fabric with a Shinnai-bushi Libretto, from the series A Modern Pine Needle Collection

The Song Courtesans at the Otowa Waterfall, on Scrap-paper Fabric with a Shinnai-bushi Libretto, from the series A Modern Pine Needle Collection

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Keisai Eisen

Artist/Maker
Keisai Eisen
(Japanese, 1790 - 1848)
Title
The Song Courtesans at the Otowa Waterfall, on Scrap-paper Fabric with a Shinnai-bushi Libretto, from the series A Modern Pine Needle Collection
Date
late 1820s
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
358 x 243 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.641
Classification
Prints
Location
Japan

Related

1931, purchased from Jeanne Bural (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. 7

  • Summer Breeze: The Fan in Japanese Prints: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/7/2012–9/9/2012

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