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New Year's Eve Fox Fires under the Enoki Tree near Ōji (Ōji shōzoku wenoki ōtsugomorihi no kitsunebi) from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) 「王子装束ゑの木大晦日の狐火」 『名所江戸百景』

Catalog Data

Artist:
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)  Search this
Publisher:
Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉 (active 1856-1860)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 34.8 x 24 cm (13 11/16 x 9 7/16 in)
Type:
Print
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1857, 9th month
Period:
Edo period
Provenance:
To 1970
Estate of the Honorable William R. Castle, to 1970 [1]
From 1970
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Alan F., David C., and Donald F. Winslow, heirs to the Estate of the Honorable William R. Castle, in 1970 [2]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Note 3, Ann Yonemura, December 6, 1994, in the object record.
[2] Transferred from the Freer Study Collection to the Freer Permanent Collection on December 23, 1994 (see Curatorial Note 3, Elizabeth F. Duley, December 30, 1994, in the object record).
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Whistler & Japan (May 14, 1995 to January 1, 1996)
Previous custodian or owner:
Estate of William Richards Castle (1849-1935)
Alan, Donald and David Winslow
Topic:
fox  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
new year  Search this
Japan  Search this
ukiyo-e  Search this
oban  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Alan, Donald, and David Winslow from the estate of William R. Castle
Accession Number:
F1994.28
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3de0baf66-bc73-4bff-8c34-572895dca4dc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1994.28