Object Details
- Label
- Japanese painters often depict the verdant landscapes of their native land in rich, opaque colors. The paintings on the paper surfaces of these sliding-door panels once adorned a room in an elite residence, providing an illusion of a view toward a scenic landscape of a pine grove growing along a shoreline. For large-scale paintings like these, gold leaf depicts clouds, mist, and hills. In their original architectural settings, the gold created subtle, transient reflections.
- Provenance
- To 1903
- Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]
- From 1903 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the Yamanaka & Company sale, through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), New York, NY, in 1903 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 65, pg. 16, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, as well as the folder for F1903.10.
- [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
- Landscapes in Japanese Art (February 2 to July 15, 2007)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 17th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1903.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink, color, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 174.3 x 73.3 cm (68 5/8 x 28 7/8 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- pine tree
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- water
- Japan
- kakemono
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1903.11
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye31b276aad-32d7-4970-8b92-936025c368b6
