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Zhong Kui (Shoki) on a tiger

Asian Art Museum

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Object Details

Provenance

To 1905
Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1905 [1]
From 1905 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1905 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 506, pg. 140, 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 Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)
Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
Untitled Exhibition, Korean Ceramics with Korean and Japanese Paintings (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)

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

16th century

Period

Muromachi or Momoyama period

Accession Number

F1905.262

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Color and ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W (image): 93.4 × 47.4 cm (36 3/4 × 18 11/16 in)

Origin

Japan

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National Museum of Asian Art

Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

tiger
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
bat
Zhong Kui
Japan
kakemono
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye30b916df2-4bef-45aa-ae38-32dcc53180a5

Record ID

fsg_F1905.262

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