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The Origin of the Stone Pillow at the Lonely House on Asaji Moor, from the series Ancient Sites in the Eastern Capital

The Origin of the Stone Pillow at the Lonely House on Asaji Moor, from the series Ancient Sites in the Eastern Capital

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
The Origin of the Stone Pillow at the Lonely House on Asaji Moor, from the series Ancient Sites in the Eastern Capital
Date
ca. 1845
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
344 x 226 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2168
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]

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