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Artist:
Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924)  Search this
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 149 × 40.6 cm (58 11/16 × 16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1912
Period:
Meiji era
Description:
Autumn landscape with high background mountains, waterfall and a cascade into a lake, with three shoreline pavilions, with high peaks to right and with trees bearing red foliage; lakeshore path in foreground, 7 line inscription and two seals of the artist.
Provenance:
To 2006
Tessaido, Kyoto [1]
From 2006 to 2018
Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA, purchased from Tessaido on November 1, 2006 [2]
From 2018
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, Washington [3]
Notes:
[1] Per information provided by the Cowles. See Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection 2018 Gift List for Freer/Sackler, object file, Collections Management.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Meeting Tessai: Modern Japanese Art from the Cowles Collection (August 13, 2022 to January 28, 2024)
Previous custodian or owner:
Cheney Cowles
Mary Cowles
Tessaido Co., Ltd. 鉄斎堂
Topic:
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection  Search this
Credit Line:
The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2018.4.23a-g
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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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/ye3696d2ba9-ae51-4a39-8402-1277cfb5c154
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F2018.4.23a-g