Geisha Holding Decorations for the Doll Festival, the Third Month from the series Five Seasonal Festivals

1908, purchased from Oak Bluffs (Martha’s Vineyard, MA) by Anna Van Vleck; 1908, gifted by Anna to her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to their son, John H. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 1980, passed through inheritance to John’s wife, Abigail P. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 1984, bequeathed to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

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

• Karen LaMonte: Floating World: Chazen Museum of Art, 8/11/2017–9/24/2017
• Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/13/1999–6/30/2000

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

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