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Artist:
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 115.7 x 44.1 cm (45 9/16 x 17 3/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
ca. 1806-1811
Period:
Edo period
School/Tradition:
Ukiyo-e
Provenance:
To 1903
Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906), Paris and Tokyo, to 1903 [1]
From 1903 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the Hayashi sale, through Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, in 1903 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 294, pg. 69, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, F1903.52, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[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:
Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)
Inventing Utamaro: A Japanese Masterpiece Rediscovered (April 8 to July 9, 2017)
Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)
Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)
Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls, 1946 (April 30, 1946 to October 3, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls (April 5, 1933 to December 8, 1941)
Previous custodian or owner:
Hayashi Tadamasa 林 忠正? (1853-1906) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
new year  Search this
child  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:
F1903.53
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/ye3ae0c8e33-39a6-48e6-9f88-6ca7fec1a30a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1903.53