H x W (image): 139.4 x 49.8 cm (54 7/8 x 19 5/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
ca. 1865-1870
Period:
Edo period or Meiji era
Provenance:
To 1896
Yamanaka & Company, to 1896 [1]
From 1896 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 69, pg. 15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
[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:
Landscapes in Japanese Art (February 2 to July 15, 2007)
Real and Imagined Places in Japanese Art (March 4 to October 21, 2001)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
