Genzai shichimen from the series One Hundred Prints of Noh

Object Details

• Artist

  Tsukioka Kogyo 月岡耕漁 (1869-1927)

• Provenance

  To ?

  David Wallace, Washington, DC [1]

  To 1971

  Embassy of Japan, Washington DC, gift of David Wallace, Washington, DC [2]

  From 1971

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of the Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC [3]

  Notes:

  [1] The Embassy of Japan received a gift from David Wallace of Washington, DC at an unknown date. In 1971, the Embassy of Japan gave print to the Study Collection of the Freer Gallery of Art. See letter dated February 11, 1971 from the Freer Gallery to Mr. David Wallace, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  David Wallace

  Embassy of Japan

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of the Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1920s, 1910s

• Name

  Wallace, David, Embassy of Japan

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Theater, Art, Actors and actresses, Noh, Japanese Art, Taisho era (1912 - 1926)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints