Banyu River, from the series Selection of Views of the Tokaido

29 October 1936, purchased from Nakaide 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]

• Brown, Kendall. "Kawase Hasui : The Complete Woodblock Prints." Amsterdam: Hotei, 2003. no. 217
• 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. 27

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

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

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