The Four Gentlemen

Object Details

• Artist

  Tani Buncho 谷文晁 (1763-1840)

• Calligrapher

  Tong Yuanji (born 1798)

• Provenance

  From early 1950’s to 2008

  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

  From 2008

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2008

  Notes:

  [1] Object file. Purchased by the Hauges in Japan in the early 1950’s.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Victor and Takako Hauge

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Painting

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• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Chrysanthemum, Hauge collection, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Orchids, Bamboo, Kakemono, Plum blossom

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings