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The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II as a Soga no Goro in the Play Koizome sumidagawa at the Ichimura Theater

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II as a Soga no Goro in the Play Koizome sumidagawa at the Ichimura Theater

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Torii Kiyomitsu

Artist
Torii Kiyomitsu
(Japanese, 1735 - 1785)
Title
The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II as a Soga no Goro in the Play Koizome sumidagawa at the Ichimura Theater
Date
3/1758
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
315 x 140 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2499
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]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 232

  • Japanese Masterworks: Woodblock Prints from the Chazen Museum of Art Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 5/6/2016–8/14/2016

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