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Crane, Adonis Flower, Red Fish, Turtle, and Blowfish, from a series of Harimaze of Bird and Flower Subjects

Crane, Adonis Flower, Red Fish, Turtle, and Blowfish, from a series of Harimaze of Bird and Flower Subjects

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Crane, Adonis Flower, Red Fish, Turtle, and Blowfish, from a series of Harimaze of Bird and Flower Subjects
Date
ca. 1840
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
256 x 367 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2103
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]

  • Chōnin: Japanese Art from the Elvehjem Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/1/2001–11/11/2001

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