Object Details
Artist
Sesson Shukei 雪村周継 (1504-1589)
Provenance
?-?
Reportly owned by Count Tadamasa Sakai, Japan, method of acquisition unknown [1]
?-1966
Satoru Nakazawa, Osaka, Japan, possibly purchased from Count Tadamasa Sakai [2]
1965-1966
Kunimori Taniyama, Kanagawa, Japan, acting as agent for Satoru Nakazawa [3]
From 1966
Freer Gallery Art, purchased from Satoru Nakazawa, Osaka, Japan, through Kunimori Taniyama, Kanagawa, Japan [4]
Notes:
[1] See object file for copy of letter from Kunimori Taniyama to H. P. Stern, dated September 8, 1965. Taniyama wrote that Satoru Nakazawa, the owner of this object, said that he had purchased it from Count Sakai. No date of purchase is indicated in this or other communications. Count Tadamasa Sakai was a government minister in Japan and a collector of Japanese art. He was the founder and first director of the Sumo Museum in Tokyo, Japan.
[2] See object file for letter from Satoru Nakazawa to H. P. Stern, dated March 18, 1965, informing Stern that Kunimori Taniyama was his intermediary for the sale of his Kaigetsudō “Beauty”. See also object file for numerous lettes between Taniyama and Stern regarding this object, beginning January 15, 1965, and extending through January 11, 1966. Satoru Nakazawa was a collector, and possibly an occasional dealer, of Japanese art, based in Osaka, Japan. Kunimori Taniyama was an dealer of Japanese art, active from at least 1957 to 1969. He was based in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
[3] See note 1. Additionally, see object file for Freer Gallery of Art vault card V68.65, indicating the object was delivered to the Freer via airfreight from K. Taniyama of Tokyo, Japan, on June 4, 1965. The object is described as “Sesson, 1504-1589, landscape (4 seasons) – autumn and winter ink and slight color – on paper; box.”
[4] See object file for copy of Kunimori Taniyama invoice to Freer Gallery of Art, dated December 24, 1965, and approved by the Secretary on January 10, 1966.
Research updated August 4, 2023
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan (March 5, 2022 - July 24, 2022)
Japanese Art: Paintings and Pottery (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)
Previous custodian or owner
Satoru Nakazawa
Kunimori Taniyama
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Date
16th century
Period
Muromachi period
Accession Number
F1966.3
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 153.3 x 329.6 cm (60 3/8 x 129 3/4 in)
Origin
Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
landscape
autumn
winter
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Japan
Japanese Art
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1966.3