Competition of Sake Cups of Famous Places (Meisho Sakazuki Awase): Takanawa

Object Details

• Artist

  Chobunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之 (1756-1829)

• Provenance

  Estate of the Honorable William R. Castle. [1]

  To 1970

  Alan F., David C., and Donald F. Winslow, by inheritance from the Estate of the Honorable William R. Castle. [2]

  From 1970

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Alan F., David C., and Donald F. Winslow. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

  [2] The object came to the Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection in 1970. It was transferred to the permanent collection in 1994. Alan F., David C., and Donald F. Winslow are the heirs of the Estate of the Honorable W.R. Castle. See note 1 and correspondences in the object file, Collections Management Office.

  [3] See note 2.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Whistler & Japan (May 14, 1995 to January 1, 1996)

• Previous custodian or owner

  William Richards Castle (1849-1935)

  Alan, Donald and David Winslow

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Alan, Donald, and David Winslow from the estate of William R. Castle

• Type

  Print

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• Name

  Winslow, Alan, Donald and David, Castle, William Richards

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Oban, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Sake

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints