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- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858) - Title
- Four Vignettes of Edo (Fudo Waterfall at Meguro, Flower Viewing at Ueno, Maple Leaves at Kaianji, and Fish Seller at Nihon Bridge, Flower Viewing at Ueno, Fudo Waterfall at Meguro, Maple Leaves at Kaian Temple), from the series Harimaze of Pictures of Famous Places in Edo
- Date
- 7/1857
- Medium
- Color woodcut
- Dimensions
- 341 x 223 mm Overall
- Credit
- Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
- Accession No.
- 1980.2076
- 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]
- Meech, Julia. "Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: The Architect's Other Passion." New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and Japan Society, New York, 2001.
- 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. 233
- Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: The Architect's Other Passion: Japan Society Gallery, 3/26/2001–7/15/2001
- 200th Anniversary Hiroshige Exhibition (Hiroshige ten: seiten 200-shunen kinen): Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/29/1996–12/8/1996
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Japanism: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 6/3/1994–6/30/1994
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