Snow-laden Pine Boughs

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Object Details

Artist

Signature of Ogata Kenzan 尾形乾山 (1663-1743)

Provenance

To 1903

Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1903 [1]

From 1903 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1903 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 336, pg. 83, 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

Boxed In: Japanese Ceramics and Their Storage Boxes (September 23, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

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

18th century

Period

Edo period

Accession Number

F1903.124

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Color and gold on paper

Dimensions

H x W (image): 25.9 × 65.9 cm (10 3/16 × 25 15/16 in)

Origin

Japan

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

pine tree

winter

Edo period (1615 - 1868)

snow