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Filial piety: Yang Hsiang saving his father from a tiger

Asian Art Museum

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Object Details

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Provenance

To 1900
Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto, to 1900 [1]
To 1906
S. Ikeda, Tokyo, to 1906 [2]
From 1906 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Ikeda in 1906 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] See Original Kakemono List, pg. 145, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 4, in the object record, this object was reproduced in "Catalogue of the Ikeda Collection of Kakemonos and Screens," Kyoto (1906), no. 52, no. 30 in text.
[2] See note 1. It is probable that S. Ikeda refers to Ikeda Sei’emon (or Seisuke II), the eldest son of the well-known Japanese dealer and collector Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900). Ikeda Sei’emon maintained shops in Tokyo and Kyoto under the trade name S. Ikeda & Co. After the death of his father, Ikeda Sei’emon sold a number of objects from his father's collection (Ikeda Collection).
[3] See notes 1 and 2.
[4] 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

Previous custodian or owner

Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)
S. Ikeda (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

1615-1868

Period

Edo period

Accession Number

F1906.51

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Color and gold on silk

Dimensions

H x W: 95 x 28.8 cm (37 3/8 x 11 5/16 in)

Origin

Japan

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National Museum of Asian Art

Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

tiger
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
Japan
ukiyo-e
kakemono
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye310f44650-1039-4e46-8b28-be7fd4528251

Record ID

fsg_F1906.51

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