Pair of doors with eagle on a pinetree on one side; deer and cherry-blossoms on the other
date: label: Date
content: 17th century (?)
label: Period
content: Momoyama period
notes: label: School/Tradition
content: Kano
label: Provenance
content: Possibly to 1903
label: Provenance
content: Authorities of Bukkoji temple, Kyoto, possibly to 1903 [1]
label: Provenance
content: Possibly from 1903 to 1904
label: Provenance
content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to possibly purchased from the temple authorities of Bukkoji temple, Kyoto, in 1903 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1904 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Bunkio Matsuki collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, January 21-23, 1904 [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record: "It is said that these doors originally belonged to the ancient Bukkoji temple at Kyoto, which burned about the year 1800, and that these doors were saved and sold by the temple authorities, in the year 1903, to the dealer who sold them to Mr. Freer.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, as well as Purchase Details in the Accession List, Collections Management office. See further, Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1204, pg. 15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2.
label: Provenance
content: [4] 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: Previous custodian or owner
content: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: eagle
label: Topic
content: tree
label: Topic
content: pine tree
label: Topic
content: deer
label: Topic
content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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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: F1904.5a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink and color on wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 172.8 x 86.2 cm (68 1/16 x 33 15/16 in)