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Object Details

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)
Previous custodian or owner
Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
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 Screen List, L. 79, pg. 21, 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.
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
1797-1858
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1903.145-146
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Painting
Medium
Color on silk set into larger panels of paper
Dimensions
H x W: 95.8 x 257.4 cm (37 11/16 x 101 5/16 in)
Origin
Japan
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Topic
landscape
winter
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
moon
cherry blossom
snow
boat
Japan
umbrella
ukiyo-e
Japanese Art
Record ID
fsg_F1903.145-146
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35f2d722e-70ff-453d-b5fb-de9bf0b465e8
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