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Hirai Yasumasa, Hakamadare Yasusuke, and Izumi Shikibu in the Snow, from the series Ancient Tales in Snow, Moon, and Flowers

Hirai Yasumasa, Hakamadare Yasusuke, and Izumi Shikibu in the Snow, from the series Ancient Tales in Snow, Moon, and Flowers

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Hirai Yasumasa, Hakamadare Yasusuke, and Izumi Shikibu in the Snow, from the series Ancient Tales in Snow, Moon, and Flowers
Date
ca. 1845
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
227 x 297 mm image
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.1987
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. "Hiroshige ten: Seitan 200-shunen kinen (200th Anniversary Hiroshige Exhibition)." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art; Japan: Bun You Associates, 1996. no. 193

  • Summer Breeze: The Fan in Japanese Prints: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/7/2012–9/9/2012
  • Chōnin: Japanese Art from the Elvehjem Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/1/2001–11/11/2001
  • 200th Anniversary Hiroshige Exhibition (Hiroshige ten: seiten 200-shunen kinen): Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/29/1996–12/8/1996
  • Paper Women: The Female in Japanese prints: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/23/1994–9/18/1994

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