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Artist:
Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924)  Search this
Calligrapher:
Otagaki Rengetsu 大田垣蓮月 (1791-1875)  Search this
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 122.4 × 47.8 cm (48 3/16 × 18 13/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1867
Period:
Meiji era
Provenance:
To 2004
Tessaido, Kyoto [1]
From 2004 to 2018
Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA, purchased from Tessaido on November 1, 2004 [2]
From 2018
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, Washington [3]
Notes:
[1] Per information provided by the Cowles. See Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection 2018 Gift List for Freer/Sackler, object file, Collections Management.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Meeting Tessai: Modern Japanese Art from the Cowles Collection (August 13, 2022 to January 28, 2024)
Previous custodian or owner:
Cheney Cowles
Mary Cowles
Tessaido Co., Ltd. 鉄斎堂
Topic:
fox  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Japan  Search this
priest  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection  Search this
Credit Line:
The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2018.4.21a-e
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
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/ye38fcd7603-70e2-4e70-a9ca-2b6550742da3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F2018.4.21a-e