Country Scenes and Mount Fuji; one of a pair with F1902.48
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1830-1832
label: Period
content: Edo period
name: label: Artist
content: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
notes: label: School/Tradition
content: Ukiyo-e
label: Label
content: During the Edo period (1615-1868), ukiyo-e artists like Hokusai were considered mere "painting artisans" (gako). Large-scale works, such as folding screens or sets of sliding doors, remained the preserve of officially employed artists and certain designated townsman painters. Hokusai, despite his fame, painted only a limited number of screens. Most of his large-scale works are in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, reflecting Charles Lang Freer's determination to build the finest Hokusai painting collection in the world.
label: Label
content: Hokusai created a landscape with Mount Fuji rising in the distance, a true genre scene that extends on an exceptionally grand scale across a pair of folding screens. The work most likely dates from the period when the artist was designing the famous print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjvrokkei, early 1830s), and its commission may have been related to the success of that series. The quality of painting, unusual coloration, and embellishment with gold make this a masterpiece that must have been requested by a wealthy patron.
label: Provenance
content: To 1902
label: Provenance
content: Mrs. Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, to 1902 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1902 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mrs. Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1902 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Screen List, S.I. 109, L. 55, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)
label: Exhibition History
content: Hokusai: Japanese Screens (February 18 to July 29, 2012)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Screens (March 2007 to January 3, 2016)
label: Exhibition History
content: Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Screens (Narrative Subjects) (December 22, 1981 to February 10, 1983)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
label: Exhibition History
content: Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Elizabeth Goodhue Millett (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: ukiyo-e
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1902.49
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink, gold, and color on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (overall): 169.1 x 369.8 cm (66 9/16 x 145 9/16 in)