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View of Ushijima and the Sumida River at Asakusa in the Eastern Captial from the Entrance to the San'ya Canal

View of Ushijima and the Sumida River at Asakusa in the Eastern Captial from the Entrance to the San'ya Canal

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Shōtei Hokuju

Artist
Shōtei Hokuju
(Japanese, active 1789 – 1818)
Title
View of Ushijima and the Sumida River at Asakusa in the Eastern Captial from the Entrance to the San'ya Canal
Date
ca. 1820s
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
256 x 376 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2322
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

1930, purchased from Tokaido Print Shop (Boston, MA) by Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck 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. 207

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