Infant's first visit to a Shinto shrine

Object Details

• Artist

  Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信 (1671-1751)

• Provenance

  To 1902

  Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1902 [1]

  From 1902 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1902 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 286, pg. 66, 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

  Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art (August 14, 2004 to February 20, 2005)

  Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

  Life of a Japanese Painting (December 1, 1995 to October 16, 1996)

  Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Worship, Shrine, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Shinto, Children, Kakemono

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings