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- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(Japanese, 1798 - 1861) - Title
- The Battle of the Rooftop of Horyukaku
- Date
- ca. 1845
- Medium
- Color woodcut
- Dimensions
- 342 x 125 mm image
- Credit
- Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
- Accession No.
- 1980.2675
- Classification
- Prints
- Geography
- Japan
Related
1930, purchased from dealer (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]
- Mueller, Laura. "Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School." Leiden, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2007. p. 176, no. 163
- Kabuki: The Drama of Japanese Prints: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/19/2003–6/22/2003
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