Artist:

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

Medium:

Color and gold on silk panel

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 88.4 × 31 cm (34 13/16 × 12 3/16 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Japan

Date:

1760-1849

Period:

Edo period

Provenance:

To 1903

Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1903 [1]

From 1903 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1903 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 340, pg. 84, 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:

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

Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

Untitled Exhibition, Japan Fine Arts Association, 1900 (1900)

Previous custodian or owner:

Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

writing  Search this

courtesan  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:

F1903.128

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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