Five Vignettes of Edo (Benten Shrine at Shinobazu Pond, Bullfinch wood carvings and freshwater clams at Kameido, Sanyabori and Matsuchiyama, Black-headed gulls at the Sumida River, and the famous Garyuu plum tree at Kameido), from the series Harimaze of Famous Places in Edo

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]

• Asia
• Prints
• E. B. Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints

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