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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

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

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
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
Date
3/1852
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
334 x 224 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of Abigail Van Vleck
Accession No.
1984.928
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

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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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