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An Anticipatory View of the Ganki Restauraunt in Yokohama

An Anticipatory View of the Ganki Restauraunt in Yokohama

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Utagawa Hiroshige II

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II
(Japanese, 1829 - 1869)
Title
An Anticipatory View of the Ganki Restauraunt in Yokohama
Date
4/1860
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
370 x 247 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2250
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

By 1925, purchased in Japan by Frank Lloyd Wright; ca. 1926, acquired by The Bank of Wisconsin; 1928, sold 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]

  • Thomsen, Hans Bjarne. "Food and Art: Hiroshige's Restaurant Prints in the Elvehjem." Bulletin/Biennial Report 1999-2001. Elvehjem Museum of Art (2001): 27-40. pp. 27-40
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Biennial Report 1999-2001." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002. p. 38, no. 17
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 200

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