The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection

Artist: Maeda Mokuhō 前田黙鳳 (1853 – 1918)

Meiji or Taisho era, late 19th-early 20th century

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

H x W (image): 147 × 43 cm (57 7/8 × 16 15/16 in)
H x W (overall): 203.5 × 60.4 cm (80 1/8 × 23 13/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.14a-c

Artist: Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉 (1644 – 1694)

Edo period, mid-late 17th century

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink on paper decorated with gold

H x W (image): 18.5 × 17 cm (7 5/16 × 6 11/16 in)
H x W (overall): 101 × 33.6 cm (39 3/4 × 13 1/4 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.15a-d

Artist: Mikami Makoto 三上誠 (1919 – 1972)

Showa era, 1961

Japan

Collage (ink, color, and washi) on a paper-covered board

H x W (image): 51.5 × 122 cm (20 1/4 × 48 1/16 in)
H x W (frame): 53.3 × 123.8 cm (21 × 48 3/4 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.16

Artist: Morita Tsunetomo 森田恒友 (1881 – 1933)

Showa era, late 1920s

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

H x W (image): 42 × 59.4 cm (16 9/16 × 23 3/8 in)
H x W (overall): 135.8 × 80.5 cm (53 1/2 × 31 11/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.17a-d

Artist: Murakami Kagaku 村上華岳 (1888 – 1939)

Showa era, 1930s

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

H x W (image): 36 × 42 cm (14 3/16 × 16 9/16 in)
H x W (overall): 126.5 × 61.7 cm (49 13/16 × 24 5/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.18a-f

Artist: Nakabayashi Gochiku 中林梧竹 (1827 – 1913)

Meiji era, late 19th-early 20th century

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

H x W (image): 127 × 50.2 cm (50 × 19 3/4 in)
H x W (overall): 203.5 × 76.3 cm (80 1/8 × 30 1/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.19a-d

Artist: Nakabayashi Gochiku 中林梧竹 (1827 – 1913)

Meiji era, 1882

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

H x W (image): 153 × 80.6 cm (60 1/4 × 31 3/4 in)
H x W (overall): 216.5 × 106.3 cm (85 1/4 × 41 7/8 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.20a-d

Artist: Nishimura Goun 西村五雲 (1877-1938)

Taisho era, ca. 1920

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

H x W (image): 132.8 × 41.8 cm (52 5/16 × 16 7/16 in)
H x W (overall): 209 × 61.5 cm (82 5/16 × 24 3/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.21a-e

Artist: Ōkōchi Yakō (1892 – 1957)

Taisho era, 1920s

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

H x W (image): 129.5 × 35.5 cm (51 × 14 in)
H x W (overall): 195 × 54 cm (76 13/16 × 21 1/4 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.23a-c

Artist: Ōtagaki Rengetsu 大田垣蓮月 (1791 – 1875)

Meiji era, 1872

Japan

Ink on lightly crimped paper with area of scattered gold leaf fragments

H x W (image): 36.5 × 6 cm (14 3/8 × 2 3/8 in)
H x W (frame): 58 × 24 cm (22 13/16 × 9 7/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.24

Artist: Ōtagaki Rengetsu 大田垣蓮月 (1791 – 1875)

Meiji era, 1872

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink on decorated paper

H x W (image): 20.7 × 17.5 cm (8 1/8 × 6 7/8 in)
H x W: 106 × 31.6 cm (41 3/4 × 12 7/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.25a-c

Artist: Ōtagaki Rengetsu 大田垣蓮月 (1791 – 1875)

Meiji era, late 19th century

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

H x W (image): 36 × 49.6 cm (14 3/16 × 19 1/2 in)
H x W (overall including roller knobs): 120.5 × 58.5 cm (47 7/16 × 23 1/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.26a-d

Artist: Ōtagaki Rengetsu 大田垣蓮月 (1791 – 1875)

Meiji era, late 19th century

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink on paper decorated with scattered gold flecks

H x W (image): 36 × 6 cm (14 3/16 × 2 3/8 in)
H x W (overall including roller knobs): 147 × 32.7 cm (57 7/8 × 12 7/8 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.27a-d

Artist: Ryōkan 良寛 (1758 – 1831)

Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

H x W (image): 28 × 60.5 cm (11 × 23 13/16 in)
H x W (overall): 117 × 79.5 cm (46 1/16 × 31 5/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.28a-c

Artist: Shimomura Kanzan 下村観山 (1873 – 1930)

Taisho era, 1920s

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

H x W (image): 41.2 × 88.8 cm (16 1/4 × 34 15/16 in)
H x W (overall): 159.5 × 113.2 cm (62 13/16 × 44 9/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.29a-g

Artist: Takuan Sōhō 澤庵 宗彭 (1573 – 1646)

Momoyama or Edo period, late 16th-mid 17th century

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

H x W (image): 107.2 × 26 cm (42 3/16 × 10 1/4 in)
H x W (overall): 171.2 × 43 cm (67 7/16 × 16 15/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.30a-g

Artist: Terazaki Kōgyō 寺崎廣業 (1866 – 1919)

Meiji or Taisho era, late 19th-early 20th century

Japan

Pair of hanging scroll; ink on silk

H x W (image): 128 × 41 cm (50 3/8 × 16 1/8 in)
H x W (overall): 216 × 59.5 cm (85 1/16 × 23 7/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.31.1-2a-c

Artist: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836 – 1924)

Taisho era, 1916

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

H x W (image): 150.5 × 40.5 cm (59 1/4 × 15 15/16 in)
H x W (overall including roller knobs): 220 × 59.7 cm (86 5/8 × 23 1/2 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.32a-g

Artist: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836 – 1924)

Edo period, 1867

Japan

Ink and light color on paper

H x W (image): 95 × 45.7 cm (37 7/16 × 18 in)
H x W: 165 × 65.5 cm (65 × 25 13/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.33a-e

Artist: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836 – 1924)

Taisho era, 1921

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

H x W (image): 144 × 42.5 cm (56 11/16 × 16 3/4 in)
H x W (overall): 226 × 62 cm (89 × 24 7/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.34a-f

Artist: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836 – 1924)

Taisho era, 1921

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and color on satin

H x W (image): 131.5 × 32.3 cm (51 3/4 × 12 11/16 in)
H x W (overall): 213 × 53.3 cm (83 7/8 × 21 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.35a-e

Artist: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836 – 1924), Calligrapher: Mizuta Chikuho 水田竹圃 (1883 – 1958)

Meiji era, 1895

Japan

Handscroll; ink and color on silk

H x W (painting overall): 28.3 × 410 cm (11 1/8 × 161 7/16 in)
H x W (painting): 24 × 216 cm (9 7/16 × 85 1/16 in)
H x W (calligraphy overall): 25 × 369 cm (9 7/8 × 145 5/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.36.1-2a-b

Artist: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836 – 1924)

Taisho era, 1919

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

H x W (image): 132.9 × 32.5 cm (52 5/16 × 12 13/16 in)
H x W (overall including roller knobs): 207.5 × 50.2 cm (81 11/16 × 19 3/4 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.37a-f

Artist: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836 – 1924)

Meiji era, 1903

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

H x W (image): 99 × 26.5 cm (39 × 10 7/16 in)
H x W (overall including roller knobs): 194.5 × 44.3 cm (76 9/16 × 17 7/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.38a-e

Artist: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836 – 1924)

Meiji era, 1890s

Japan

Ink and light color on paper

H x W (overall): 170.1 × 378 cm (67 × 148 13/16 in)
H x W (each painting): 136.5 × 54.3 cm (53 3/4 × 21 3/8 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.39.1-2

Artist: Tomita Keisen 富田渓仙 (1879 – 1936)

Taisho era, 1924

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

H x W (image): 160 × 45 cm (63 × 17 3/4 in)
H x W (overall): 211.5 × 62.8 cm (83 5/16 × 24 3/4 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.40a-d

Artist: Tsuchida Bakusen 土田麦僊 (1887 – 1936)

Showa era, late 1920s

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

H x W (image): 119.5 × 28 cm (47 1/16 × 11 in)
H x W (overall): 203.5 × 45.5 cm (80 1/8 × 17 15/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.41a-e

Artist: Tsuji Kakō 都路華香 (1870 – 1931)

Taisho era, ca. 1920

Japan

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

H x W (image): 127.2 × 42.3 cm (50 1/16 × 16 11/16 in)
H x W (overall): 220 × 62 cm (86 5/8 × 24 7/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.42a-f

Artist: Ogawa Senyō 小川千甕 (1882 – 1971)

Showa era, 1951

Japan

Album of sixteen leaves; ink and color on paper

H x W (each painting): 29.3 × 22.2 cm (11 9/16 × 8 3/4 in)
H x W (letter): 33 × 23 cm (13 × 9 1/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2019.3.22.1a-b-2a-f

Artist: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836 – 1924) and Kiyomizu Rokubei IV

Meiji era, 1910

Japan

Stoneware with ash glaze and underglaze iron brown

H x Diam: 9.8 × 18.9 cm (3 7/8 × 7 7/16 in); Diam (foot): 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2020.4.1a-g

Artist: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836 – 1924) and Kiyomizu Rokubei IV

Meiji era, 19th or early 20th century

Japan, Kyoto

Stoneware with ash glaze and underglaze iron brown

H x Diam (with lid): 18.5 × 16 cm (7 5/16 × 6 5/16 in); Diam (foot): 11 cm (4 5/16 in)

The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

Freer Gallery of Art

F2020.4.2a-d