Kanzan (Hanshan)
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Period
ca. 1908 -
Geography
Japan -
Material
Wood -
Dimension
H (overall): 32.2 cm (12 11/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1911.439a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1911.439a-b
Object Details
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Artist
Yonehara Unkai (1869-1925) -
Provenance
About 1911Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, about 1911 [1]About 1911 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, in September 1910 or Spring 1911 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 337, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] Object file, Curatorial Remarks, Lee Johnson, 1993: Freer bought this work in Japan (September 2nd-September 9th, 1910 or February 22-April 4th 1911) on his way to or from China, probably during his stay in Yokohama March 31-April 4, 1911. He bought it from Samurai Shokai, the shop of Nomura Yozo, a dealer who acted as Freer's agent in Japan.[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
Japanese Art of the Meiji Era (September 20, 1997 to April 26, 1998) -
Previous custodian or owner
Samurai Shokai (founded 1894) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Sculpture -
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