Artist:

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信 (1671-1751)  Search this

Medium:

Full color on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 59.5 × 95.2 cm (23 7/16 × 37 1/2 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Japan

Date:

late 17th-early 18th century

Period:

Edo period

Provenance:

To 1902

Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1902 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 286, pg. 66, 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:

Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art (August 14, 2004 to February 20, 2005)

Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

Life of a Japanese Painting (Friday, December 1, 1995 - Wednesday, October 16, 1996)

Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

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)

Previous custodian or owner:

Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

worship  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

child  Search this

Shinto  Search this

shrine  Search this

Japan  Search this

kakemono  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1902.229

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye330c7f707-bbd1-4242-97e3-415a6caeb2c8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1902.229