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The Herdsman and the Weaver Stars; Illustration of a Poem by Chunagon Yakamochi, no. 6 from the series The One-hundred Poems

The Herdsman and the Weaver Stars; Illustration of a Poem by Chunagon Yakamochi, no. 6 from the series The One-hundred Poems

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(Japanese, 1798 - 1861)
Title
The Herdsman and the Weaver Stars; Illustration of a Poem by Chunagon Yakamochi, no. 6 from the series The One-hundred Poems
Date
ca. 1840
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
357 x 233 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2656
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

Collection of Mrs. Clark; by 1931, acquired by Anna Van Vleck; 10 September 1931, gifted by Anna to her brother, Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 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. 261

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