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The Embankment of the Sumida River, from the series Eight Snow Scenes in the Eastern Capital

The Embankment of the Sumida River, from the series Eight Snow Scenes in the Eastern Capital

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
The Embankment of the Sumida River, from the series Eight Snow Scenes in the Eastern Capital
Date
ca. 1845 (drawings); 7/1928 (prints)
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
ca. 216 x 345 mm Image
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.1813
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

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11 December 1928, purchased from SATO (Kyoto, Japan) via mail order 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]

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