Object Details
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Provenance
To 1904
Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Tokyo, 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] According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, F1904.413-.428 were purchased from Kobayashi and Co. in September and October 1904. See also, Miscellaneous Reserve List, May 1917, R. 5713, Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions, 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 Drawings (March 16, 1984 to July 22, 1985)
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
F1904.415
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W (sheet and image): 23.1 x 17.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 15/16 in)
Origin
Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
Buddhism
elephant
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
lotus
Japan
halo
Fugen
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1904.415