Nirvana of the BuddhaShaka Nehan

Object Details

• Artist

  Ogawa Ritsuo (1663-1747)

• Provenance

  From 1992 to 2003

  Robert and Betsy Feinberg, Bethesda, MD, purchased in 1992 [1]

  From 2003

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Robert and Betsy Feinberg in 2003

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 2 in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. and Mrs. Robert Feinberg

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Robert and Betsy Feinberg

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Feinberg, Robert, buddha

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Nirvana, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Kakemono

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings