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Artist:
Tawaraya Sori III (fl. ca. late 18th-early 19th century)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 93.7 × 35.4 cm (36 7/8 × 13 15/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
late 18th-early 19th century
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Signature and two seals.
Signatures:
Signed: Hyakurin Sori ga.
Marks:
Contains two seals.
Provenance:
To 1898
Edward S. Hull Jr., New York to 1898 [1]
From 1898 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edward S. Hull Jr. in 1898 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 163, pg. 35, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's
well-known associate, Bunshichi Kobayashi (see correspondence, Hull to Freer, 1898-1900, as well as invoices from E.S. Hull Jr., 1898-1900, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives). See also, Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pgs. 15 and 34. See further, Thomas Lawton and Linda Merrill, Freer: A Legacy of Art, (Washington, DC and New York: Freer Gallery of Art and H. N. Abrams, 1993), pgs. 133-134.
[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
Previous custodian or owner:
Edward S. Hull Jr. (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
tree  Search this
cherry tree  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
cherry blossom  Search this
woman  Search this
Japan  Search this
ukiyo-e  Search this
kakemono  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1898.103
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye349f01d63-6d77-46d9-ad74-451732a4e5bb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.103