Moon and Autumn Plants
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
label: Period
content: Edo period
name: label: Artist
content: Sakai Hoitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1828)
notes: label: Label
content: Flowering plants and autumn grasses posed against the backdrop of a hazy autumn moon was a popular subject for Hoitsu; close variations are found both as individual paintings and as elements of larger ensembles representing the birds and flowers of the twelve months.
label: Label
content: Hoitsu's observation of nature approaches the accuracy of botanical drawing while retaining an idealised, gossamer delicacy. The artist achieves this balance by defining forms through carefully controlled, multilayered pigment washes rather than by defining shapes through ink outline.
label: Provenance
content: To 1904
label: Provenance
content: Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921), Kidderminster, England, to 1904 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1904 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Michael Tomkinson 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 Kakemono List, L. 418, pg. 110, 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: Rinpa: Creativity Across Time and Space (October 1, 2022 to April 2, 2023)
label: Exhibition History
content: Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 1 (August 18, 2007 to February 24, 2008)
label: Exhibition History
content: More Than Flowers: Sources of Tradition in Japanese Painting (September 2, 2001 to November 24, 2002)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to August 1, 1994)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art (November 7, 1986 to July 19, 1988)
label: Exhibition History
content: Autumn Colors (October 19 to December 20, 1984)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art—Autumn Voices (October 14, 1981 to December 16, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
label: Exhibition History
content: Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
label: Exhibition History
content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Japanese Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art—Paintings (September 16, 1970 to May 2, 1973)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese and Japanese Art--Lacquer and Paintings (August 18, 1967 to October 14, 1969)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: autumn
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: moon
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: kakemono
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: F1904.126
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): 142 × 50 cm (55 15/16 × 19 11/16 in)