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Night View of Saruwakacho, no. 90 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo

Night View of Saruwakacho, no. 90 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Night View of Saruwakacho, no. 90 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
Date
9/1856
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
341 x 220 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.1670
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

1921, sold by Judson D. Metzgar (Los Angeles, CA and Moline, IL) 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. "Ando Hiroshige: 100 Famous Views of Edo." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1982. p. 42, cat. no. 90
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 133

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

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