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# Waves at Matsushima 松島図屏風

National Museum of Asian Art

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                      -     DetailsRelatedObject Details- Artist
- Tawaraya Sotatsu 俵屋宗達 (fl. ca. 1600-1643)
- Provenance
- To 1906
- Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1906 [1]
- From 1906 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1906 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Screen List, S.I. 123-124, L. 115, pg. 34, 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
- Rinpa Screens (February 25, 2023 to February 24, 2024)
- Sotatsu: Making Waves (Saturday, October 24, 2015 to Sunday, January 31, 2016)
- Waves at Matsushima (May 28 to July 25, 2011)
- Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)
- Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu (June 6, 1998 to February 15, 1999)
- Japanese Screens (May 9, 1993 to August 1, 1994)
- Japanese Screens (February 11, 1983 to July 19, 1988)
- Rimpa Screens (October 9, 1980 to December 21, 1981)
- Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)
- Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)
- Japanese Art—Painted Screens (August 18, 1967 to May 2, 1973)
- Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)
- Japanese Screen Paintings (March 10, 1961 to January 1, 1963)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens, 1957 (March 20, 1957 to March 30, 1960)
- Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 5 (February 25, 1956 to March 15, 1957)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens (October 3, 1947 to November 10, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls, 1946 (April 30, 1946 to October 3, 1947)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls (April 5, 1933 to December 8, 1941)
- Japanese Screens, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to April 5, 1933)
- A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)
- 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
- 17th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1906.231-232
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall [each]): 166 x 369.9 cm (65 3/8 x 145 5/8 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
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- water
- ocean
- Japan
- wave
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1906.231-232
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye347c45f30-6939-4c08-aa55-42d1b48aed38
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