Artist:

Tawaraya Sotatsu 俵屋宗達 (fl. ca. 1600-1643)  Search this

Medium:

Ink, color, gold, and silver on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (overall [each]): 166 x 369.9 cm (65 3/8 x 145 5/8 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Japan

Date:

17th century

Period:

Edo period

Provenance:

To 1906

Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1906 [1]

From 1906 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1906 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Screen List, S.I. 123-124, L. 115, pg. 34, 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:

Rinpa Screens (February 25, 2023 to February 4, 2024)

Sotatsu: Making Waves (Saturday, October 24, 2015 to Sunday, January 31, 2016)

Waves at Matsushima (May 28 to July 25, 2011)

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

Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu (June 6, 1998 to February 15, 1999)

Japanese Screens (May 9, 1993 to August 1, 1994)

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

Rimpa Screens (October 9, 1980 to December 21, 1981)

Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)

Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)

Japanese Art—Painted Screens (August 18, 1967 to May 2, 1973)

Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

Japanese Screen Paintings (March 10, 1961 to January 1, 1963)

Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens, 1957 (March 20, 1957 to March 30, 1960)

Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 5 (February 25, 1956 to March 15, 1957)

Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens (October 3, 1947 to November 10, 1955)

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 Screens, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to April 5, 1933)

A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)

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

water  Search this

ocean  Search this

Japan  Search this

wave  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1906.231-232

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:

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EDAN-URL:

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