H x W (image): 82.3 × 30.6 cm (32 7/16 × 12 1/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
ca. 1810-1811
Period:
Edo period
School/Tradition:
Ukiyo-e
Provenance:
Collection of Kosa Honma [1]
To 1904
Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [2]
From 1904 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in Detroit 1904 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remark 3, citing an undated note from the Original Kakemono List. This probably refers to the collection of Kosa Honma (1842-1909) of Japan.
[2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, pg. 128, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[3] See note 2.
[4] 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)
The Exhibition of Paintings of Hokusai (January 13, 1900 to January 30, 1900)
