Priest and pavilion, fragment of the Honen Shonin Gyojo Ezu

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1970

  Harry C. Nail Jr., El Dorado, AR [1]

  From 1970

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Harry C. Nail Jr., El Dorado, AR [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management file.

  [2] See statement dated from July 1, 1972, which lists the object as being approved by S. Dillion Ripley, Secretary for the April 21, 1970; copy in the object folder.

  Also see note 1, and Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to June 27, 1994)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Harry C. Nail Jr.

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1300s

• Name

  Nail, Harry C.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Kamakura period (1185 - 1333), Art, Priest, Japanese Art, Kakemono

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings