Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaidō 東海道五十三次絵巻

Object Details

• Artist

  Kondo Koichiro 近藤浩一路 (1884-1962)

• Provenance

  ?-2017

  Shibunkaku, Kyoto, Japan, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 2017

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

  Notes :

  [1] Shibunkaku is a Japanese art and antiquarian book dealer, operating since 1937 in Kyoto, Japan.

  [2] Mary and Cheney Cowles made the purchase on September 21, 2017, according to their recollection. The invoice from Shibunkaku, Kyoto, Japan is dated July 29, 2017, copy in object file.

  Research Completed May 10, 2024

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Shibunkaku (1937)

  Cheney Cowles

  Mary Cowles

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

• Type

  Painting

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• Date

  1920s

• Name

  Cowles, Mary, Shibunkaku, Cowles, Cheney

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Japanese Art, Taisho era (1912 - 1926)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings