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Zenkoji and the Ferry at Kawaguchi, no. 20 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo

Zenkoji and the Ferry at Kawaguchi, no. 20 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Zenkoji and the Ferry at Kawaguchi, no. 20 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
Date
2/1857
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
341 x 227 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.1598
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

5 September 1924, purchased from Aoyama (Paris, France) by 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. "Ando Hiroshige: 100 Famous Views of Edo." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1982. p. 18, cat. no. 20
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 127

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