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Snow, from the series Copied Pictures of an Edo Purple Eastern Capital (Edomurasaki azuma no utsushi-e)

Snow, from the series Copied Pictures of an Edo Purple Eastern Capital (Edomurasaki azuma no utsushi-e)

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Utagawa Kunisada

Artist
Utagawa Kunisada
(Japanese, 1786 - 1864)
Title
Snow, from the series Copied Pictures of an Edo Purple Eastern Capital (Edomurasaki azuma no utsushi-e)
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
355 x 733 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of Abigail Van Vleck
Accession No.
1984.1101
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

By 1943, acquired by Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s 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]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 254

  • Binjinga: Picturing Women in Japanese Prints: Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, 1/21/2016–5/22/2016

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