Mount Fuji and Enoshima

Object Details

• Artist

  Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

• School/Tradition

  Ukiyo-e

• Provenance

  To 1904

  Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]

  From 1904 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1904 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Screen List, L. 92, pg. 26, 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

  Ancient and Alive: Japan's Native Gods (October 14, 2017 to April 29, 2018)

  Hokusai: Japanese Screens (February 18 to July 29, 2012)

  Hokusai: Paintings and Drawings (January 28, 2012 to June 24, 2012)

  Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

  Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)

  Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)

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

  Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

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

  Exhibition of Oriental and American Art Under the Joint Auspices of the Alumni Memorial Committee and the Ann Arbor Art Association (May 11 to May 30, 1910)

• 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

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• Name

  Kobayashi, Bunshichi, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Landscapes, Art, Mount Fuji, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings