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Fishing for Bonito Off the Coast of Tosa Province, no. 58 from the series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces

Fishing for Bonito Off the Coast of Tosa Province, no. 58 from the series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Japan depends on large amounts of fish for food. Here, fishermen catch bonito, an important fish that is smoked and used to add flavor to dishes in Japanese cuisine.
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Fishing for Bonito Off the Coast of Tosa Province, no. 58 from the series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
Date
9/1855
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
ca. 245 x 230 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.1354
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. 100

  • Gifts of the Ebb Tide: The Sea in Japanese Prints: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/8/2013–9/1/2013

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