Dragon, waves and clouds

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Object Details

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 1904 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Kakemono List, pg. 134, 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

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

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

1568-1615

Period

Momoyama period

Accession Number

F1904.289

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 97.8 x 176.3 cm (38 1/2 x 69 7/16 in)

Origin

Japan

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

dragon

Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

cloud

Japan

wave

kakemono

Japanese Art

Charles Lang Freer collection

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3cf131fe4-e431-4d2c-9867-816ab37a7d11

Record ID

fsg_F1904.289