Landscape. Seasons: autumn and winter
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Object Details
- Artist
- Sesson Shukei 雪村周継 (1504-1589)
- Provenance
- ?-?
- Reportly owned by Count Tadamasa Sakai, Japan, method of acquisition unknown [1]
- ?-1966
- Satoru Nakazawa, Osaka, Japan, possibly purchased from Count Tadamasa Sakai [2]
- 1965-1966
- Kunimori Taniyama, Kanagawa, Japan, acting as agent for Satoru Nakazawa [3]
- From 1966
- Freer Gallery Art, purchased from Satoru Nakazawa, Osaka, Japan, through Kunimori Taniyama, Kanagawa, Japan [4]
- Notes:
- [1] See object file for copy of letter from Kunimori Taniyama to H. P. Stern, dated September 8, 1965. Taniyama wrote that Satoru Nakazawa, the owner of this object, said that he had purchased it from Count Sakai. No date of purchase is indicated in this or other communications. Count Tadamasa Sakai was a government minister in Japan and a collector of Japanese art. He was the founder and first director of the Sumo Museum in Tokyo, Japan.
- [2] See object file for letter from Satoru Nakazawa to H. P. Stern, dated March 18, 1965, informing Stern that Kunimori Taniyama was his intermediary for the sale of his Kaigetsudo “Beauty”. See also object file for numerous lettes between Taniyama and Stern regarding this object, beginning January 15, 1965, and extending through January 11, 1966. Satoru Nakazawa was a collector, and possibly an occasional dealer, of Japanese art, based in Osaka, Japan. Kunimori Taniyama was an dealer of Japanese art, active from at least 1957 to 1969. He was based in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
- [3] See note 1. Additionally, see object file for Freer Gallery of Art vault card V68.65, indicating the object was delivered to the Freer via airfreight from K. Taniyama of Tokyo, Japan, on June 4, 1965. The object is described as “Sesson, 1504-1589, landscape (4 seasons) – autumn and winter ink and slight color – on paper; box.”
- [4] See object file for copy of Kunimori Taniyama invoice to Freer Gallery of Art, dated December 24, 1965, and approved by the Secretary on January 10, 1966.
- Research updated August 4, 2023
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan (March 5, 2022 - July 24, 2022)
- Japanese Art: Paintings and Pottery (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Satoru Nakazawa
- Kunimori Taniyama
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 16th century
- Period
- Muromachi period
- Accession Number
- F1966.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink and slight color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 153.3 x 329.6 cm (60 3/8 x 129 3/4 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
- landscape
- autumn
- winter
- Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
- Japan
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1966.3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ce0335fd-f718-4a2b-a7f5-892c1b7cdd12
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