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The Myojin Shrine at Kanda, from the series Famous Places in Edo

The Myojin Shrine at Kanda, from the series Famous Places in Edo

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
The Myojin Shrine at Kanda, from the series Famous Places in Edo
Date
4/1854
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
216 x 343 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of Abigail Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1984.782
Classification
Prints
Location
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 (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]

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