Artist:

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760 - 1849)  Search this

Medium:

Ink and color on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (open and flat): 86.7 x 191.7 cm (34 1/8 x 75 1/2 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Japan

Date:

ca. 1810-1820

Period:

Edo period

Previous custodian or owner:

Thomas E. Kirby (1846 - 1924) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854 - 1919)

Provenance:

To 1902

Thomas E. Kirby (1846-1924), New York to 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas E. Kirby in 1902 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Panel List, L. 51, pg. 12, 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.

Topic:

bird  Search this

dragon  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Japan  Search this

ukiyo-e  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1902.3

Restrictions & Rights:

Copyright with museum

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

On View:

Freer Gallery 05: Hokusai: Mad About Painting

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

EDAN-URL:

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