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A Crowded Street at Saruwakacho, from the series Famous Places in Edo

A Crowded Street at Saruwakacho, from the series Famous Places in Edo

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
A Crowded Street at Saruwakacho, from the series Famous Places in Edo
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
220 x 347 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.1537
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. "Artscene." Summer 1999. p. 6

  • Splendors of Edo: Japanese Prints, 1750-1930: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 8/7/1999–10/10/1999

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