Landscape

Object Details

• Artist

  Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506)

• Provenance

  To 1905

  Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906), Washington, DC, to 1905 [1]

  From 1905 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Waggaman Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, January 25-February 3, 1905 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Screen List, pg. 30, 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

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

  Japanese Art: Paintings and Pottery (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

  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 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)

  Untitled, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1894 (1894)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906)

  American Art Association (established 1883) (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

  1500s, 1400s

• Name

  Waggaman, Thomas E., American Art Association, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings