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Nihon Bridge and Edo Bridge, no. 43 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo

Nihon Bridge and Edo Bridge, no. 43 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Nihon Bridge and Edo Bridge, no. 43 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
Date
12/1857
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
339 x 221 mm Image
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.3377
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]

  • Walker Art Center. "Tokyo: Form and Spirit." 1986. p. 45
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ando Hiroshige: 100 Famous Views of Edo." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1982. p. 26, cat. no. 43

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