Landscape with Mount Fuji and Matsubara Pine Forest
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Creative CommonsAt A Glance
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Period
1669 -
Geography
Japan -
Material
Ink on paper -
Dimension
H x W (.22): 154.6 x 361.2 cm (60 7/8 x 142 3/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1897.22-23 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1897.22-23
Object Details
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Artist
Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674) -
Description
Signature and two seals. -
Signatures
Signed on both screens: Hoin Tanyu gyonen roku-ju-hachi sai (aged 68 years) fude. -
Marks
Contains two seals. Seals read: "Kunaisho Kyo, Head of the Imperial Household Ministry." -
Label
The grove of pines at Miho, a scenic site in Shizuoka Prefecture, offers a magnificent view of Mount Fuji. Revered since ancient times as a sacred mountain, Mount Fuji appears as a pale apparition, blanketed with snow in midwinter. Fully expressed here is Kano Tanyu's mastery of subtle ink-wash techniques derived from his synthesis of Chinese and Japanese painting methods. His inscription at the age of sixty-eight includes an honorific hoin, a Buddhist ecclesiastical title for artists of high accomplishment. His seal reads: "Kunaisho Kyo, Head of the Imperial Household Ministry." -
Provenance
To 1897Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1897 [1]From 1897 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1897 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, S.I. 40, pg. 2, 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
For Love of Place (May 5 to November 4, 2018)Japanese Screens (March 2007 to January 3, 2016) -
Previous custodian or owner
Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Painting -
Restrictions and Rights
CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
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