Artist:

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

Medium:

Ink and color on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (.143): 82.4 x 218.3 cm (32 7/16 x 85 15/16 in)

H x W (.144): 82.4 x 218.6 cm (32 7/16 x 86 1/16 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Japan

Date:

ca. 1820s-1830s

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 Screen List, L. 78, pg. 20, 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:

Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

Japanese Screens (February 11, 1983 to July 19, 1988)

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:

cherry tree  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

cherry blossom  Search this

shamisen  Search this

Japan  Search this

ukiyo-e  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1903.143-144

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3bc1916ac-eb5a-48a6-ade2-287c03060e8b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1903.143-144