Open daily. Always free.
Snow on the Sumida River, from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers

Snow on the Sumida River, from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers

On View

Not currently on view

Katsushika Hokusai

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
(Japanese, 1760 - 1849)
Title
Snow on the Sumida River, from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers
Date
1830-1835
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
251 x 381 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2425
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

11 November 1922, purchased from the Bremen Art Museum (Bremen, Germany) 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]

  • 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. 528 (not illus.)
  • Marks, Andreas. "The (Almost) Complete Hokusai." Taschen, 2024. p. 536, fig. 1

The Chazen Museum of Art welcomes comments or inquiries about works in our collection. Please allow two–three weeks for a response. Chazen staff is not able to provide valuations or authentications and such inquiries cannot be answered.

"*" indicates required fields

Name*
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.