Ainu man with a japanese man carrying fish and wood 蝦夷人物漁樵図

Object Details

• Artist

  Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924)

• Provenance

  ?-2019

  Matsumoto Shōeidō, Kyoto, Japan, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 2019

  Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA, purchased from Matsumoto Shōeidō, Kyoto, Japan, in Japan [2]

  Notes :

  [1] Matsumoto Shōeidō, Kyoto, Japan is a Japanese art and calligraphy dealer, operating since 1906.

  [2] Mary and Cheney Cowles made the purchase on July 1, 2019, according to their recollection.

  Research Completed May 10, 2024

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Matsumoto Shoeido 松本松栄堂 (Japanese, 1906)

  Cheney Cowles

  Mary Cowles

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1870s

• Name

  Matsumoto Shoeido, Cowles, Mary, Cowles, Cheney

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Fishes, Japanese Art, Wood-gathering, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings