Object Details
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
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 Detroit, in 1904 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 465, pg. 127, 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)
Previous custodian or owner
Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
1849
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1904.181
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions
H x W (image): 113 x 39.6 cm (44 1/2 x 15 9/16 in)
Origin
Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
fishing
Japan
ukiyo-e
kakemono
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1904.181