Pair of doors with eagle on a pinetree on one side; deer and cherry-blossoms on the other

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Kano

• Provenance

  Possibly to 1903

  Authorities of Bukkoji temple, Kyoto, possibly to 1903 [1]

  Possibly from 1903 to 1904

  Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to possibly purchased from the temple authorities of Bukkoji temple, Kyoto, in 1903 [2]

  From 1904 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Bunkio Matsuki collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, January 21-23, 1904 [3]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record: "It is said that these doors originally belonged to the ancient Bukkoji temple at Kyoto, which burned about the year 1800, and that these doors were saved and sold by the temple authorities, in the year 1903, to the dealer who sold them to Mr. Freer.

  [2] See note 1. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, as well as Purchase Details in the Accession List, Collections Management office. See further, Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1204, pg. 15, 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

• 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

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1600s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Matsuki, Bunkio

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Trees, Pine tree, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Animals, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), Japanese Art, Eagles

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings