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Monkey Performing a Kabuki Dance

Asian Art Museum

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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

Japanese Drawings (March 16, 1984 to July 22, 1985)
Year of the Monkey (May 18, 1980 to February 15, 1981)

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

19th century

Period

Edo period or Meiji era

Accession Number

F1904.217

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

Ink and color on paper

Dimensions

H x W (overall): 35.9 x 26.5 cm (14 1/8 x 10 7/16 in)

Origin

Japan

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National Museum of Asian Art

Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

Edo period (1615 - 1868)
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
dancing
monkey
kabuki
Japan
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e7387bd4-b7be-486e-8cec-eaa075bf1380

Record ID

fsg_F1904.217

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