The Grand Kitano Tea Gathering 北野大茶湯図

Object Details

• Artist

  Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924)

• Provenance

  ?-1920

  Kaku Haruyoshi, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  1920-?

  Matsumura Kotarō, purchased from Kaku Haruyoshi [2]

  ?-2019

  Kashima Arts, Kyoto, Japan, method of acquisition unknown [3]

  From 2019

  Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA, purchased from Kashima Arts, Kyoto, Japan, in Japan [4]

  Notes:

  [1] Bill of sale written by Kaku Haruyoshi 賀来春好to Matsumura Kotarō 松村孝太郎 dated 1920. This is from the NMAA provenance data sheet, copy in object file.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] Kashima Arts, Kyoto, Japan is a dealer, operating since 1988 and mainly working with Japanese painting and hanging scrolls from the Edo period to the present day.

  [4] Mary and Cheney Cowles made the purchase on January 10, 2019, according to their recollection. The receipt from Kashima Arts, Kyoto, Japan is dated January 28, 2019, copy in object file.

  Research Completed May 10, 2024

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kaku Haruyoshi

  Kotaro Matsumura

  Kashima Arts 加島美術

  Cheney Cowles

  Mary Cowles

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

• Type

  Painting

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• Date

  1880s

• Name

  Cowles, Mary, Kashima Arts, Matsumura, Kotaro, Haruyoshi, Kaku, Cowles, Cheney

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Japanese Art, Tea ceremony, Teahouse, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings