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Five Vignettes of Edo (Cherry blossoms at Gotenyama, Pleasure boat at Ryogoku bridge, Toeizan Kaneiji Temple at Ueno, Souvenirs of Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa, and Embankment at Mimeguri Shrine), from the series Harimaze of Famous Places in Edo

Five Vignettes of Edo (Cherry blossoms at Gotenyama, Pleasure boat at Ryogoku bridge, Toeizan Kaneiji Temple at Ueno, Souvenirs of Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa, and Embankment at Mimeguri Shrine), from the series Harimaze of Famous Places in Edo

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Five Vignettes of Edo (Cherry blossoms at Gotenyama, Pleasure boat at Ryogoku bridge, Toeizan Kaneiji Temple at Ueno, Souvenirs of Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa, and Embankment at Mimeguri Shrine), from the series Harimaze of Famous Places in Edo
Date
3/1852
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
334 x 229 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.2005
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]

  • 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. 231
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 174

  • 200th Anniversary Hiroshige Exhibition (Hiroshige ten: seiten 200-shunen kinen): Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/29/1996–12/8/1996

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