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Snow Viewing at the Uekiya Restaurant at Mokubo Temple, from the series Famous Restaurants in Edo

Snow Viewing at the Uekiya Restaurant at Mokubo Temple, from the series Famous Restaurants in Edo

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Snow Viewing at the Uekiya Restaurant at Mokubo Temple, from the series Famous Restaurants in Edo
Date
1838-1840
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
229 x 352 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.1474
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

By 1925, purchased 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. "The Other Hiroshige: Connoisseur of the Good Life." Impressions, The Journal of the Ukiyo-e Society America (24 December 2002): 48-71. pp. 17, 48-71, no. 6; pl. 9
  • 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. 29
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Hiroshige ten: Seitan 200-shunen kinen (200th Anniversary Hiroshige Exhibition)." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art; Japan: Bun You Associates, 1996. no. 158

  • 200th Anniversary Hiroshige Exhibition (Hiroshige ten: seiten 200-shunen kinen): Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/29/1996–12/8/1996

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