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Aoi Slope Outside Tora Gate, no. 113 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Aoi Slope Outside Tora Gate, no. 113 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Aoi Slope Outside Tora Gate, no. 113 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Date
12/1857
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
335 x 220 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of Abigail Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1984.871
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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