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Kogo no Tsubone Seated by Her Koto, from the series Eight Views of Wise Women

Kogo no Tsubone Seated by Her Koto, from the series Eight Views of Wise Women

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(Japanese, 1798 - 1861)
Title
Kogo no Tsubone Seated by Her Koto, from the series Eight Views of Wise Women
Date
ca. 1845
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
369 x 127 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2676
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

1930, purchased from Jeanne Bural (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. 134, no. 111
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 263

  • Paper Women: The Female in Japanese prints: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/23/1994–9/18/1994

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