“One Way or Another” waka 「かにかくに」和歌一首

Object Details

• Artist

  Nishida Kitaro 西田幾多郎 (1870-1945)

• Provenance

  ?-2018

  Ownership information unknown

  2018

  Sale, Kyoto, Japan, Shibunkaku Art Auction Sale [1]

  From 2018

  Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA, purchased at March 2018, Shibunkaku Art Auction Sale, Kyoto, Japan, in Japan [2]

  Notes:

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

  [2] Mary and Cheney Cowles made the purchase on March 20, 2018, according to their recollection. The receipt from Shibunkaku Art Auction, Kyoto, Japan is also dated March 20, 2018, copy in object file.

  Research Completed May 10, 2024

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Shibunkaku (1937)

  Cheney Cowles

  Mary Cowles

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

• Type

  Calligraphy

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1940s, 1900s

• Name

  Cowles, Mary, Shibunkaku, Cowles, Cheney

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)