Memorial Portrait of the Artist Utagawa Kunisada

1920, purchased from Ito (Chicago, IL) 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]

• Mueller, Laura. "Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School." Leiden, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2007. p. 203, no. 193
• Roberts, Laurance P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer." 1st edition. Tokyo; New York: Weatherhill, 1976. p. 95
• Herwig, Henk, and Joshua S Mostow. "The Hundred Poets Compared: a Print Series by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada." Leiden, The Netherlands: Hotei, 2007. no. 14
• Izzard, Sebastian. "Kunisada's World." Japan Society Gallery, 1993 p. 100, no. 100
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 250

• In the Studio: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/1/2019–8/11/2019
• Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/3/2007–1/6/2008
• Kunisada's Japan: Japan Society Gallery, 9/30/1993–11/14/1993

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

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