Drooping cherry branches in blossom
Object Details
- Artist
- Attributed to Sakai Hoitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1828)
- Provenance
- To 1898
- Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1898 [1]
- From 1898 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1898 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, S.I. 110, pg. 25, 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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- mid 18th-early 19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1898.142
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink, color, and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 65.6 × 27.9 cm (25 13/16 × 11 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- flower
- cherry tree
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- cherry blossom
- Japan
- kakemono
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1898.142
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye32a007f5b-d997-49a8-9426-03ea631a90f5
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