Ash basin for ro use

Object Details

• Manufacturer

  Tsuboya workshop

• Provenance

  ?- 1994

  Possibly Masudaya 益田屋 (Akasaka branch), Tokyo method of acquisition unknown [1]

  Possibly 1994-2019

  Gregory Kinsey, purchased from Masudaya [2]

  From 2019

  The Freer Gallery of Art, gift from Gregory Kinsey [3]

  Notes:

  [1] The object is possibly one of three ash basins identified on a receipt from Masudaya, Akasaka branch). See receipt from Masudaya to Gregory Kinsey, September 27, 1994, copy in object file.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See deed of gift, signed November 15, 2019, original in accession file for F2019.5.1-10.

  Research completed November 17, 2022.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Masudaya 益田屋

  Gregory Kinsey

• Origin

  Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Gift of Gregory Kinsey

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  2010s, 1900s

• Name

  Kinsey, Louis Gregory, Masudaya

• Place

  Japan, Naha, Okinawa prefecture

• Topic

  Art, The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Japanese Art, Tea ceremony, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)