H x W (image): 157.8 × 82.7 cm (62 1/8 × 32 9/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1726-1792
Period:
Edo period
School/Tradition:
Ukiyo-e
Provenance:
To 1905
Yamanaka & Company, to 1905 [1]
From 1905 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1905 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Panel List, L. pg. 18, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
[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:
Games, Contests and Artful Play in Japan (March 19 to October 23, 2005)
Bicentennial Exhibition: Japanese Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)
Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls, 1946 (April 30, 1946 to October 3, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls (April 5, 1933 to December 8, 1941)
Japanese Paintings and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to December 8, 1941)
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
