Kankan: Worthy of Being Remembered (Twelve letters toTsuji Dōsen of Saami in Okazaki)
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Period
1919 -
Geography
Japan -
Material
Ink on patterned paper -
Dimension
H x W (image): 23.1 × 1066.9 cm (9 1/8 × 420 1/8 in) -
Accession Number
F2018.4.32a-d -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F2018.4.32a-d
Object Details
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Artist
Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924) -
Provenance
To 2013Yamazoe Tenkodo, Kyoto [1]From 2013 to 2018Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA, purchased from Yamazoe Tenkodo on December 29, 2013 [2]From 2018Freer 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 -
Exhibition History
Meeting Tessai: Modern Japanese Art from the Cowles Collection (August 13, 2022 to January 28, 2024) -
Previous custodian or owner
Cheney CowlesMary CowlesYamazoe Tenkodo 山添天香堂 -
Origin
Japan -
Credit Line
The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles -
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Document -
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