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Oh, It Hurts: Giant Octopus of Namerikawa in Etchū Province, from the series Affectionate Feelings for Mountains and Seas

Oh, It Hurts: Giant Octopus of Namerikawa in Etchū Province, from the series Affectionate Feelings for Mountains and Seas

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Kuniyoshi, Utagawa and Utagawa Yoshitorijo

Artist/Maker
Kuniyoshi, Utagawa and Utagawa Yoshitorijo
(Japanese, 1798-1861) (Japanese, active ca. 1850)
Title
Oh, It Hurts: Giant Octopus of Namerikawa in Etchū Province, from the series Affectionate Feelings for Mountains and Seas
Date
8/1852
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
358 x 246 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.2689
Classification
Prints
Location
Japan

Related

Collection of Happer; by 1917, collection of Lucy F. Brown (New York, NY); 1917, sold to 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. 168, no. 152
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 265

  • Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/2/2009–11/26/2009
  • Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/3/2007–1/6/2008
  • Chōnin: Japanese Art from the Elvehjem Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/1/2001–11/11/2001

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