The Poetess Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain

Collection of Mrs. J. Harriot Goodell (New Haven, CT); 1916, purchased 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]

• Osumi, Takeshige, ed. "Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection Ukiyo-e Masterpieces Exhibition." Tokyo: Bun You Associates, 1999.
• p. 24

• Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/13/1999–6/30/2000
• Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints : A Preview, The: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/12/1981–5/17/1981

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

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