Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Ryogoku Bridge in Edo (Toto Ryogoku) | Edo period, 19th century

Dr Paul F. Clark (1882-1983), and thence by descent

A different impression of the same print is in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts (The MAK), Vienna, inventory number BI 17427-13, go to:

https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?id=collect-198274

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American architect and designer. He was a pioneer of the Prairie School architectural movement, as well as the concept of the Usonian home. Outside of his sphere as an architect, Wright was also a prominent dealer, collector and connoisseur of Japanese art. Wright sold a legacy of his woodblock prints to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET) between 1918-22. Wright acquired an extensive collection of Japanese works of art on numerous visits to Japan during the construction of the second Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, in 1919-1923, and was profoundly inspired by Japanese graphic design.

Dr. Paul F. Clark was a professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School between 1914 and 1952. He also acted as dean of the Microbiology department and served as president of the American Bacteriology Society. In 1967, Clark wrote The University of Wisconsin Medical School: A Chronicle 1848–1948.