Amitabha rising above the hills

Object Details

• Provenance

  Mr. Kawara, Osaka [1]

  To 1906

  Yamanaka & Company, to 1906 [2]

  From 1906 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1906 [3]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] According to a note from Original Kakemono List (see Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record).

  [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 536, pg. 147, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

  [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

  Words of Wisdom: Buddhist Calligraphy from Japan (April 1, 2023 to February 25, 2024)

  Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. Kawara

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Kawara, buddha, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Kamakura period (1185 - 1333), Art, Amitabha Buddha, Japanese Art, Halo, Kakemono, Ushnisha

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings