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Cherry Blossoms at Nakanocho in the New Yoshiwara, from the series Famous Places in Edo

Cherry Blossoms at Nakanocho in the New Yoshiwara, from the series Famous Places in Edo

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Cherry Blossoms at Nakanocho in the New Yoshiwara, from the series Famous Places in Edo
Date
2/1856
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
220 x 346 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.1522
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]

  • Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko. "Kamikazes, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History." Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.
  • Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko. "Nejmagerareta Sakura (The Crooked Timber of Cherry)." Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2003.

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