Fugen Bosatsu seated on an elephant
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Object Details
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
- Provenance
- To 1904
- Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Tokyo, 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] According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, F1904.413-.428 were purchased from Kobayashi and Co. in September and October 1904. See also, Miscellaneous Reserve List, May 1917, R. 5713, Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions, 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)
- 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
- 1760-1849
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1904.415
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet and image): 23.1 x 17.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 15/16 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
- Buddhism
- elephant
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- lotus
- Japan
- halo
- Fugen
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1904.415
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3581919dc-4773-430b-b7a4-19fc76d2052a
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