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Gion Bridge, Amakusa, from the series Scenes of Japan

Gion Bridge, Amakusa, from the series Scenes of Japan

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Kawase Hasui

Artist/Maker
Kawase Hasui
(Japanese, 1883 - 1957)
Title
Gion Bridge, Amakusa, from the series Scenes of Japan
Date
1924
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
284 x 206 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.746
Classification
Prints
Location
Japan

Related

22 November 1935, sold by John McLaughlin (Boston, MA) 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]

  • Brown, Kendall. "Kawase Hasui : The Complete Woodblock Prints." Amsterdam: Hotei, 2003. p. 69, no. 113
  • Roberts, Laurance P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer." Tokyo; New York: Weatherhill, 1986. p. 73
  • Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada. "Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975." University of Hawaii Press, 1992. p. 62
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 26

  • Kawase Hasui Color Woodcuts: Chazen Museum of Art, 5/8/2009–8/9/2009

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