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Yoshida Chūzaemon Kanesuke Pointing with a Battle Fan from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai
Yoshida Chūzaemon Kanesuke Pointing with a Battle Fan from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai

Yoshida Chūzaemon Kanesuke Pointing with a Battle Fan from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Date1848
MediumColor woodblock print
DimensionsOverall: 14 9/16 × 9 13/16 in. (37 × 24.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mitzie Verne in honor of her grandson Brian Verne (OC 2009)
PortfolioStories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai
Object number2006.36
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceFrank Lloyd Wright; acquired by the Bishop Anderson Foundation¹; acquired ca.1970 by Mitzie Verne via the Cracker Barrel, Interlochen, MI²; by gift 2006 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH Notes: [1] According to research conducted by Mitzie Verne, Frank Lloyd Wright sold Japanese woodblock prints from his collection to help pay his debts to a Chicago industrialist. This industrialist then sold the prints to the Bishop Anderson Foundation, a Chicago medical foundation. [2] The owners of the Cracker Barrel, a coffee house in Interlochen, MI, displayed the prints to assist the Bishop Anderson Foundation in their sale. Exhibition History
American Japonisme
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 9, 1975 - August 31, 1975 )
Japonisme
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 26, 1997 - October 12, 1997 )
Collections
  • Asian
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