Folding screens mounted with poems from the anthology, Shin kokinshu 新古今集和歌色紙貼付屏風 (一双、画像:左隻のみ)

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At A Glance

  • Period

    ca. 1624-1637
  • Geography

    Japan
  • Material

    Ink, color, and gold on paper
  • Dimension

    H x W (.195): 168.2 x 375.7 cm (66 1/4 x 147 15/16 in)
  • Accession Number

    F1902.195-196
  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1902.195-196

Object Details

  • Artist

    Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)
  • Provenance

    To 1902
    Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1902 [1]
    From 1902 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1902 [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, S.I. 55, pg. 15, 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

    Sotatsu: Making Waves (Saturday, October 24, 2015 to Sunday, January 31, 2016)
    Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)
    Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu (June 6, 1998 to February 15, 1999)
    Japanese Screens (August 13, 1997 to May 4, 1998)
    Life of a Japanese Painting (December 1, 1995 to October 16, 1996)
    From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)
    Japanese Calligraphy (December 21, 1984 to November 7, 1985)
  • 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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