Pomegranates
Object Details
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
- Provenance
- To 1904
- Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]
- From 1904 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1904 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Album List, pg. 1, Sketches by Hokusai, S.I. 4, 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
- Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
- Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1760-1849
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1904.211
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (album mount): 59 x 36.6 cm (23 1/4 x 14 7/16 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
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- pomegranate
- Japan
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1904.211
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3696f1777-cdb1-49cb-b79c-a3015d6ac806
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