Tanzaku

Object Details

• Artist

  Emperor Go-Yozei 後陽成天皇 (1571-1617, reigned 1586-1611)

• Author

  Poem by Fujiwara Teika 藤原定家 (1162-1241)

• Provenance

  To 1980

  Takashi Yanagi, Kyoto, to 1980 [1]

  From 1980 to 1998

  Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, New York City, acquired from Takashi Yanagi in 1980 [2]

  From 1998

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Peggy and Richard M. Danziger in 1998

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 3, Ann Yonemura, July 22, 1998, in the object record.

  [2] See Note 1. Also, according to this same Curatorial Note, the presence of this work in an American private collection has been well publicized through publications since the 1980s.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Golden Seams: The Japanese Art of Mending Ceramics (November 8, 2008 to May 10, 2009)

  Storage Boxes and Accessories (June 22, 2003 to January 4, 2004)

  Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Takashi Yanagi

  Peggy and Richard M. Danziger

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1610s, 1580s

• Name

  Takashi, Yanagi, Danziger, Peggy and Richard M.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), Japanese Art, Poetry, Tanzaku

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings