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The Nuns Gio and Gijo Picking Flowers, from the series Stories of Wise and Virtuous Women

The Nuns Gio and Gijo Picking Flowers, from the series Stories of Wise and Virtuous Women

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(Japanese, 1798 - 1861)
Title
The Nuns Gio and Gijo Picking Flowers, from the series Stories of Wise and Virtuous Women
Date
ca. 1845
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
367 x 241 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2667
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

1926, purchased from a dealer in Quai St. Michel (Paris, France) 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]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 262

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