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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

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

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Utagawa Hiroshige

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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