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Sanjo Bridge in Kyoto, no. 55 from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Sanoki Half-block Tokaido)

Sanjo Bridge in Kyoto, no. 55 from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Sanoki Half-block Tokaido)

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Sanjo Bridge in Kyoto, no. 55 from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Sanoki Half-block Tokaido)
Date
1835-1840
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
ca. 156 x 208 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.896
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]

  • 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. 65

  • 200th Anniversary Hiroshige Exhibition (Hiroshige ten: seiten 200-shunen kinen): Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/29/1996–12/8/1996

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