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Evening bell at Asakusa, from the series Eight Views of Edo

Evening bell at Asakusa, from the series Eight Views of Edo

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Katsushika Hokusai

This view by Hokusai includes the Sumida River flowing through central Edo. The river is visible behind the rooftops of the Kinryūzan Temple complex, including the upper stories and decorative crown of its distinctive pagoda in the Asakusa district. According to tradition, the Buddhist sanctuary was founded in the seventh century to enshrine a statue of the bodhisattva Kannon that was discovered by fishermen in the Sumida River.
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
(Japanese, 1760 - 1849)
Title
Evening bell at Asakusa, from the series Eight Views of Edo
Date
1830-1835
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
94 x 135 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2380
Classification
Prints
Geography
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 (Madison, WI); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Keyes, Roger S., Peter Morse. "Catalogue Raisonné of the Single-Sheet Colour Woodblock Prints of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)." The British Museum, 2015. https://www.dh-jac.net/db1/booksrske/search.php. 504
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 214

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