Artist:

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

Medium:

Ink and color on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (overall): 179.5 x 376 cm (70 11/16 x 148 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Japan

Date:

ca. 1820-1835

Period:

Edo period

Provenance:

To 1904

Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]

From 1904 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1904 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Screen List, L. 95, 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)

Hokusai: Japanese Screens (February 18 to July 29, 2012)

Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)

Selections from the Japanese Collection (March 22 to November 29, 1999)

Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

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

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

Previous custodian or owner:

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

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

bird  Search this

plant  Search this

flower  Search this

fox  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

dog  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:

F1904.179-180

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/ye3db31fb54-5854-4277-9c7b-1bba8a19e8f9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1904.179-180