One of the gods of Hell

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1974

  Helen A. Grut (1883-1974)

  From 1974 to 1975

  Estate of Helen A. Grut, Copenhagen, Denmark

  From 1975

  National Museum of Asian Art, purchased from Estate Helen A. Grut in 1975. [1]

  Notes:

  [1] The object is part of the museum's Freer Gallery of Art Collection.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Helen A. Grut (1883-1974)

  Estate of Helen A. Grut

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Drawing

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1615-1868, 1610s, 1860s

• Name

  Estate of Helen A. Grut, Grut, Helen A.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Hell

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Drawings