Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Object Details

• Artist

  Unkoku Toeki 雲谷等益 (1591-1644)

• Provenance

  A sub-temple of Myoshinji, Kyoto [1]

  To 1904

  Yamanaka and Company, to 1904 [2]

  From 1904 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka and Company in 1904 [3]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] The Envelope File contained the following: "These screens (F1904.354-355) came from a sub-temple of Myoshinji, Kyoto" (see F1904.354, Curatorial Remark 5, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record).

  [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, pg. 28, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] 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

  Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan (March 5, 2022 - July 24, 2022)

  Japanese Screens (February 6, 1987 to April 15, 1987)

  The Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 1986)

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

  Japanese Art (January 1, 1963 to July 1, 1966)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 1 and 2 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Paintings (October 25, 1955 to November 23, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1951 (January 23, 1951 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens (October 3, 1947 to November 10, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1946 (May 3, 1946 to October 6, 1947)

  Japanese Paintings and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to December 8, 1941)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Myoshinji Temple

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1640s, 1580s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Myoshinji Temple

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Landscapes, Art, Muromachi period (1333 - 1573), Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings