Amitabha triad
Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1907
- Unidentified owner, Tokyo, Japan, to 1907 [1]
- From 1907 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Tokyo, Japan, from an unidentified owner in spring of 1907 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 549, pg. 150, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Life of a Japanese Painting (December 1, 1995 to October 16, 1996)
- Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)
- Japanese Art (March 12, 1982 to November 3, 1986)
- Japanese Art (June 16, 1982 to September 28, 1982)
- Japanese Art (July 14, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
- Japanese Art (April 11, 1978 to March 6, 1981)
- Japanese Art (January 1, 1963 to July 1, 1966)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1185-1333
- Period
- Kamakura period
- Accession Number
- F1907.147
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink, color, and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 91.4 x 37.9 cm (36 x 14 15/16 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Buddhism
- bodhisattva
- Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
- Amitabha Buddha
- Kannon
- Japan
- worshiper
- Seishi
- mandorla
- kakemono
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1907.147
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye310b89368-7d30-43cb-805a-b32577444ddf
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