Oni Playing Biwa 妖鬼弾弦図
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Period
1780s -
Geography
Japan -
Material
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper -
Dimension
H x W (image): 118.3 × 28.2 cm (46 9/16 × 11 1/8 in) -
Accession Number
F2018.4.5a-c -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F2018.4.5a-c
Object Details
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Artist
Matsumura Goshun 松村呉春 (1752-1811) -
Provenance
To 2009Matsumoto Shoeido, Kyoto [1]From 2009 to 2018Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA, purchased from Matsumoto Shoeido on March1, 2009 [2]From 2018Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA [3]Notes:[1] Per information provided by the Cowles. See Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection2018 Gift List for Freer/Sackler, object file, Collections Management Office.[2] See note 1.[3] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Cheney CowlesMary CowlesMatsumoto Shoeido 松本松栄堂 (Japanese, 1906) -
Origin
Japan -
Credit Line
The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles -
Type
Painting -
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