Thirty-Six Poets at Leisure

Object Details

• Artist

  Matsumura Goshun 松村呉春 (1752-1811)

• Provenance

  A private collection in Hiroshima [1]

  Sondra Milne Henderson, London, acquired from a private collection in Hiroshima [2]

  Robert and Betsy Feinberg, purchased from Sondra Milne Henderson [3]

  From 1995

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Robert and Betsy Feinberg in 1995

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 3, Jim Ulak, September 5, 1995, in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] According to Curatorial Note 3, Elizabeth F. Duley, October 18, 1995, in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Painting the Classics: Japanese Scrolls and Beyond (November 17, 2018 to October 20, 2019)

  Poetic License: Making Old Worlds New (February 2 to August 4, 2013)

  Arts of Japan: Edo Aviary and Poetic License (February 2 to August 4, 2013)

  Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 2 (Saturday, March 8, 2008 - Sunday, October 19, 2008)

  Games, Contests and Artful Play in Japan (March 19 to October 23, 2005)

  Surveying the Collections: Poets and Parties (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)

  Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Sondra Milne Henderson

  Dr. and Mrs. Robert Feinberg

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Feinberg

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Milne Henderson, Sondra, Feinberg, Robert

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings