Courtesan as the Poetess Ono no Komachi, Cherry Blossom from the series Flowers and the Six Immortal Poets in Modern Dress

Collection of Hayashi; by 1911, collection of Alexis Rouart (Paris, France); 1929, sold by Nakaya (Nikko, Japan) 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]

• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 73
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 11

• From Primitive to Decadent: Subject and Style in Japanese Prints, 1680-1880: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1/18/1991–3/3/1991
• Japanese Woodblock Prints: Reality and Reflection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 8/24/1985–10/13/1985
• Calm Lives, Exuberant Pleasures : Outstanding Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Van Vleck Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 3/31/1984–4/15/1984

• Asia
• Prints
• E. B. Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints

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