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At A Glance

  • Period

    18th century

  • Geography

    Japan

  • Material

    Ink on paper

  • Dimension

    H x W: 176.7 x 372 cm (69 9/16 x 146 7/16 in)

  • Accession Number

    F1898.143

  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1898.143

Object Details

  • Artist

    Maruyama Okyo 円山応挙 (1733-1795)

  • Provenance

    To 1898
    Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1898 [1]
    From 1898 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1898 [2]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen and Panels List, S.I. 95, pg. 3, 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

    Feathered Ink (August 27, 2022 to February 20, 2023)
    Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)
    Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to August 1, 1994)
    Japanese Art (November 7, 1986 to July 19, 1988)
    James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Artist and Patron (May 11, 1984 to January 17, 1985)
    Japanese Art—Autumn Voices (October 14, 1981 to December 16, 1981)
    Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
    Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)
    Japanese Art—Paintings (September 16, 1970 to May 2, 1973)
    Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)
    Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
    Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens (October 3, 1947 to November 10, 1955)

  • 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

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