Daikoku by Tarōan 太郎庵画大國主神影図

Object Details

• Artist

  Takada Taroan (1683-1763)

  Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924) (inscription)

• Description

  Scene of Daikoku with his hammer and giant sack slung over one shoulder, with two small tama in front; streaks of rain; signed and with one ink seal of the aartist, mounting inscribed in gold ink and painted with tama by Tomioa Tessai; inscription reading "This image of Daikoku was painted by Taroan, a tea hermit of Owari. Taoran's family name is Takada, given name Masaharu, one of his go Boku Oku. He received his tea training from Sen Genbo and studied painting with Kano Tsunebobu. During the Genroku period he was known as an eccentric. I had wanted his painting for a long time. Takada Keiho, his distant descendant, gave up this piece and gave it to me. I had it remounted, recorded the information and added sacred jewels, thus making it into my possession."

• Inscriptions

  Inscription and hōju on the fabric by Tessai 鉄斎宝珠画及び賛 1912

  Inscription and hōju on the fabric by Tessai 鉄斎宝珠画及び賛 1912

• Provenance

  To 2004

  Shibunkaku, Kyoto [1]

  From 2004 to 2018

  Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA, purchased from Shibunkaku on November 1, 2004 [2]

  From 2018

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, Washington [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Per information provided by the Cowles. See Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection 2018 Gift List for Freer/Sackler, object file, Collections Management.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Cheney Cowles

  Mary Cowles

  Shibunkaku 思文閣

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

• Type

  Painting

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• Name

  Cowles, Mary, Shibunkaku, Cowles, Cheney

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings