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The Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki), no. 30 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

The Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki), no. 30 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
The Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki), no. 30 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Date
11/1857
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
337 x 225 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.1608
Classification
Prints
Location
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]

  • Schlombs, Adele. "Hiroshige: 1797-1858." Koln, Germany: Taschen, 2007. p. 84
  • Volk, Alicia. "Made in Japan: The Postwar Creative Print Movement." Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Museum and University of Washington Press, 2005. p. 24, no. 1
  • Foxwell, Chelsea, and Anne Leonard, "Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints." Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2012. p. 116, no. 95
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ando Hiroshige: 100 Famous Views of Edo." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1982. p. 22, cat. no. 30
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 129

  • Japanese Masterworks: Woodblock Prints from the Chazen Museum of Art Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 5/6/2016–8/14/2016
  • Color Woodcuts by Hiroshige from the Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/23/1995–10/22/1995
  • Hiroshige: 100 Famous Views of Edo: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/18/1982–5/23/1982

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