Filial piety: Yang Hsiang saving his father from a tiger
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Object Details
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
- Provenance
- To 1900
- Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto, to 1900 [1]
- To 1906
- S. Ikeda, Tokyo, to 1906 [2]
- From 1906 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Ikeda in 1906 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Kakemono List, pg. 145, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 4, in the object record, this object was reproduced in "Catalogue of the Ikeda Collection of Kakemonos and Screens," Kyoto (1906), no. 52, no. 30 in text.
- [2] See note 1. It is probable that S. Ikeda refers to Ikeda Sei’emon (or Seisuke II), the eldest son of the well-known Japanese dealer and collector Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900). Ikeda Sei’emon maintained shops in Tokyo and Kyoto under the trade name S. Ikeda & Co. After the death of his father, Ikeda Sei’emon sold a number of objects from his father's collection (Ikeda Collection).
- [3] See notes 1 and 2.
- [4] 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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)
- S. Ikeda (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1615-1868
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1906.51
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Color and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W: 95 x 28.8 cm (37 3/8 x 11 5/16 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- tiger
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- Japan
- ukiyo-e
- kakemono
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1906.51
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye310f44650-1039-4e46-8b28-be7fd4528251
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