Gyonin Slope, from the series Pictures of Famous Places in Edo

Gyonin Slope, from the series Pictures of Famous Places in Edo

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Utagawa Hiroshige II

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II
(Japanese, 1829 - 1869)
Title
Gyonin Slope, from the series Pictures of Famous Places in Edo
Date
9/1862
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
ca. 343 x 242 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2272
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]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 202

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