Five musicians playing drums

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Object Details

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

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 Album List, pg. 1, Sketches by Hokusai, S.I. 4, 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)

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

1760-1849

Period

Edo period

Accession Number

F1904.239

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W (sheet & image): 26.8 × 38.9 cm (10 9/16 × 15 5/16 in)

Origin

Japan

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

Edo period (1615 - 1868)

music

drum