Winter crow on an old tree 寒鴉古木図

Object Details

• Artist

  Fukuda Kodojin 福田古道人 (1865-1944)

• Provenance

  ?-2018

  Yamazoe Tenkōdō, Kyoto, Japan, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 2018

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

  Notes :

  [1] Yamazoe Tenkōdō is a dealer in Kyoto, Japan.

  [2] The invoice from Yamazoe Tenkōdō, Kyoto, Japan is dated June 24, 2018, copy in object file. Mary and Cheney Cowles made the purchase on August 14, 2018, according to their recollection.

  Research Completed May 10, 2024

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Yamazoe Tenkodo

  Cheney Cowles

  Mary Cowles

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1920s

• Name

  Cowles, Mary, Yamazoe Tenkodo, Cowles, Cheney

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Crow, Japanese Art, Taisho era (1912 - 1926), Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings