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Catalog Data

Artist:
Hishikawa Sori 菱川宗理  Search this
Medium:
Color and ink on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 85.6 × 35.1 cm (33 11/16 × 13 13/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
early 19th century
Period:
Edo period
Provenance:
To 1903
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]
From 1903 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1903 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, S.I. 243, pg. 88, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)
Previous custodian or owner:
Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
courtesan  Search this
Japan  Search this
ukiyo-e  Search this
kakemono  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1903.274
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3555bceae-3c1b-4bb8-8435-b23d15ddad3d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1903.274