Artist:

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

Medium:

Ink and color on silk

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 113.6 × 39.6 cm (44 3/4 × 15 9/16 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Japan

Date:

1849

Period:

Edo period

School/Tradition:

Ukiyo-e

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. 465, 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: Paintings and Drawings (January 28, 2012 to June 24, 2012)

Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)

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

Life of a Japanese Painting (December 1, 1995 to October 16, 1996)

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

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

The Exhibition of Paintings of Hokusai (January 13, 1900 to January 30, 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

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:

F1904.182

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/ye3a21c824e-60bb-4bdc-ae01-154c2042d669

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1904.182