The Sea Off Satta in Suruga Province, no. 23 from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji

Before 1917, sold by Hayashi (Tokyo, Japan) to Mrs. Lucy F. Brown (New York, NY); 16 December 1917, 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]

• Mueller, Laura. "Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School." Leiden, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2007. p. 124, no. 96
• Hitachi, Ltd. "Ukiyoe" [calendar]. Japan: Hitachi, Ltd., 2009. January
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin 1978-1980." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1980. p. 81

• Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900 : Chazen Museum of Art, 3/21/2008–6/15/2008

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

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