Cormorant fishing

Object Details

• Artist

  Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

• Provenance

  To 1974

  The family of Dr. Harold P. Stern, to 1974

  From 1974

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of the family of Dr. Harold P. Stern in 1974 [1]

  Notes:

  [1] The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection to the Freer Permanent Collection on March 3, 1978 (see Curatorial Note 2 in the object record).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Family of Harold Philip Stern

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift in memory of Dr. Harold P. Stern by his family

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Family of Harold Philip Stern

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Water, Art, Animals, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Birds, Ukiyo-e, Fishing, Cormorant

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings