Cherry Blossoms at Night along the Sumida Embankment

Cherry Blossoms at Night along the Sumida Embankment

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Cherry Blossoms at Night along the Sumida Embankment
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
374 x 498 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2203a-b
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

27 May 1924, purchased from Aoyama (Paris, France) by 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]

  • Mueller, Laura. "Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School." Leiden, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2007. p. 120, no. 88

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