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Artist:
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)  Search this
Medium:
Ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (sheet and image): 23.9 x 10.5 cm (9 7/16 x 4 1/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1760-1849
Period:
Edo period
Provenance:
To 1904
Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Tokyo, 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] According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, F1904.413-.428 were purchased from Kobayashi and Co. in September and October 1904. See also, Miscellaneous Reserve List, May 1917, R. 5713, Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions, 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)
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
man  Search this
sleeping  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1904.419
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/ye35586c905-c236-4c4a-b8b5-168c35e8c372
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1904.419