Four fan paintings mounted on a screen; "Frog on Lotus Leaf", "Scholar in a House", "Landscape", and "Boat and Rock"
date: label: Date
content: frog, ca.1814-15; scholar, ca. 1801-03; landscape, ca. 1825-30; boat, ca.1841
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: Provenance
content: To 1904
label: Provenance
content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1904 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi, in Detroit, MI, in 1904 [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, L. 94, pg. 26, 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: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)
label: Exhibition History
content: Hokusai: Paintings and Drawings (January 28, 2012 to June 24, 2012)
label: Exhibition History
content: Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)
label: Exhibition History
content: Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)
label: Exhibition History
content: Birds and Beasts in Japanese Art (January 31 to July 18, 2004)
label: Exhibition History
content: Life of a Japanese Painting (December 1, 1995 to October 16, 1996)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Fans (April 6, 1984 to October 18, 1984)
label: Exhibition History
content: Fans (May 18, 1980 to October 13, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Exhibition of Paintings of Hokusai (January 13, 1900 to January 30, 1900)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (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: fan
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: F1904.178
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink and color on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (overall): 61.4 x 165.7 cm (24 3/16 x 65 1/4 in)