Artist:

Tamura Suio (active 1680-1730)  Search this

Medium:

Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 52.3 x 80.6 cm (20 9/16 x 31 3/4 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Japan

Date:

Late 17th-early 18th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Interior: a man coming to visit a woman lying on her bed. Ink, full color and gold powder. Signature and seal.

Signatures:

Signature: Sui-o [Jap] shi no hitsu.

Marks:

Seal: Sesshin [Jap].

Provenance:

To 1900

Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [1]

From 1900 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [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. 226, 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:

Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books (April 6 to August 11, 2013)

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

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

Japanese Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to September 20, 1971)

Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

Previous custodian or owner:

Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

peony  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

woman  Search this

man  Search this

screen  Search this

sword  Search this

lantern  Search this

book  Search this

Japan  Search this

ukiyo-e  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

pipe  Search this

kimono  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1900.110

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35c99d92e-c81a-4967-925f-624e2fef4ffc

EDAN-URL:

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