Scholar in a landscape

Object Details

• Artist

  Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871)

• Description

  A scholar sits in his rustic study, enjoying the wooded, mountainous scenery around his secluded retreat. A red-lacquered table holds his books.

• Inscriptions

  1. (Ann Yonemura, 3 December 1996) The painting is inscribed in ink by the artist: "Toko To (or Shima) Raisho hitsu" ("by the brush of Toko [Naka] shima Raisho.") Inscription is followed by two artist's seals: intaglio seal reading "To (Shima) Raisho [no] in" and relief seal reading "Shunbunsai."

• Provenance

  To 1996

  Hal Cushman Pattison and Cleda Woodworth Pattison, Alexandria, VA [1]

  From 1996

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Hal Cushman Pattison and Cleda Woodworth Pattison, Alexandria, VA [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See object record. See also Acquisition Consideration Form, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hal Cushman

  Cleda Woodworth Pattison

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Brigadier General Hal C. Pattison and Cleda Woodworth Pattison

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1880s

• Name

  Cushman, Hal, Pattison, Cleda Woodworth

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Trees, Mountains, Landscapes, Art, Scholar, Japanese Art, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Kakemono, Shore

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings