On one side Narihira and the pilgrim; on the other, chrysanthemums and a brook

Object Details

• Artist

  Ogata Korin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716)

• Provenance

  To 1903

  Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1903 [1]

  From 1903 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1903 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Kakemono List, S.I. 433 Fan, L. 290, pg. 68, 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

  Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

  Moonlight and Clouds: Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan (November 11, 2008 to November 11, 2009)

  More Than Flowers: Sources of Tradition in Japanese Painting (September 2, 2001 to November 24, 2002)

  Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to June 27, 1994)

  Literary Themes in Japanese Art (February 13, 1986 to March 9, 1987)

  Famous Places of Japan (October 17, 1985 to February 13, 1986)

  Japanese Fans (April 6, 1984 to October 18, 1984)

  Fans (May 18, 1980 to October 13, 1981)

  Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

  Japanese Art (October 2, 1975 to October 8, 1976)

  Japanese Art—Paintings (September 16, 1970 to May 2, 1973)

  Special Exhibition—Japanese Art (October 16, 1963 to August 18, 1967)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (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

  Kobayashi, Bunshichi, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Pilgrimage, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Rivers

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings