Asakusa Kinryuzan, from the series, Famous places of Edo

Object Details

• Artist

  Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Guido Herman Fridolin Verbeck (1830-1898)

  W.J. Verbeck

  Charles H.W. Verbeck (1932-2009)

  Estate of Charles H.W. Verbeck

• Provenance

  Guido Herman Fridolin Verbeck (1830-1898) [1]

  W.J. Verbeck. [2]

  To 2009

  Charles H.W. Verbeck (1932-2009), Washington, DC [3]

  From 2009 to 2010

  Estate of Charles H.W. Verbeck. [4]

  From 2010

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, bequeathed by Charles H.W. Verbeck. [5]

  Notes:

  [1] According to notes from Ann Yonemura from April 2010: “He [Charles H.W. Verbeck] inherited a collection of Japanese prints that had been begun by his great-grandfather [Guido Herman Fridolin Verbeck (1830-1898)] and augmented by succeeding descendants in each previous generation of the Verbeck family.” See Curatorial Remarks 1 and 2 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [4] See object record.

  [5] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Charles H.W. Verbeck

• Type

  Print

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• Name

  Verbeck, Guido Herman Fridolin, Verbeck, W.J., Estate of Charles H.W. Verbeck, Utagawa, Hiroshige, Verbeck, Charles H.W.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Charles H. W. Verbeck collection

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints