An Old Picture of the Pontoon Bridge at Sano in Kozuke Province, from the series Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in the Provinces

By 1918, purchased in Paris (France) by J.H. Wrenn; 1918, sold by J.H. Wrenn 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. cat. no. 595 (not illus.)
• Marks, Andreas. "The (Almost) Complete Hokusai." Taschen, 2024. p. 582, fig. 2

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

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