A branch of flowering hibiscus
date: label: Date
content: 1667
label: Period
content: Edo period
name: label: Artist
content: Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)
notes: label: Marks
content: Contains seal.
label: Inscriptions
content: Signed: Hoin Tanyu gyonen roku-ju-roku-sai (aged 66 years) fude.
label: Label
content: Kano Tan’yu, the leading artist of his day, headed a workshop in Edo and served as an official painter for the Tokugawa government and prominent warrior houses.
label: Label
content: His work ranged from monumental themes for screens and sliding doors in castles and temples to small hanging scrolls like this one and encompassed both Chinese and Japanese modes. This study in Chinese mode conveys a seasonal mood appropriate to a late summer or early autumn tea gathering.
label: Provenance
content: To 1892
label: Provenance
content: Rufus E. Moore (1840 - 1918), New York to 1892 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1892 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1892 [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 Kakemono List, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
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: Freer and Tea II: Raku, Hagi, Karatsu (July 8, 2006 to January 1, 2007)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: hibiscus
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: Japan
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: F1892.29
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink and color on silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 27 x 39 cm (10 5/8 x 15 3/8 in)