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Ferry on the Sumida River from the Ukifune Chapter, from the series Famous Places in Edo with Chapters from the Tale of Genji

Ferry on the Sumida River from the Ukifune Chapter, from the series Famous Places in Edo with Chapters from the Tale of Genji

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Ferry on the Sumida River from the Ukifune Chapter, from the series Famous Places in Edo with Chapters from the Tale of Genji
Date
around 1845
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
ca. 338 x 230 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of Abigail Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1984.1021
Classification
Prints
Location
Japan

Related

By 1919, given by Kusama to Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 1980, passed through inheritance to John’s wife, Abigail P. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 1984, bequeathed to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 189

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