On one side Narihira and the pilgrim; on the other, chrysanthemums and a brook
date: label: Date
content: late 17th- early 18th century
label: Period
content: Edo period
name: label: Artist
content: Ogata Korin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716)
notes: label: Label
content: On one side of this circular fan is a painting illustrating a passage from the Tales of Ise, a work of narratives and poems probably composed in the tenth century by an unknown author. In this passage, travelers encounter a dark pass through the mountains. They sense the desolate remoteness from their familiar world in Kyoto and express this feeling in a poem:
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content: Beside Mount Utsu
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content: In Suruga
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content: I can see you
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content: Neither waking
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content: nor, alas, even in my dreams.
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content: On the other side of the fan is a painting of white chrysanthemums beside a stream. The flowers are painted in low relief, a technique known as moriage.
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content: (Poetry translated by Helen Craig McCullough, Tales of Ise, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1968)
label: Provenance
content: To 1903
label: Provenance
content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1903 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1903 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1903 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
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content: Notes:
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content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, S.I. 433 Fan, L. 290, pg. 68, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
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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: Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)
label: Exhibition History
content: Moonlight and Clouds: Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan (November 11, 2008 to November 11, 2009)
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 June 27, 1994)
label: Exhibition History
content: Literary Themes in Japanese Art (February 13, 1986 to March 9, 1987)
label: Exhibition History
content: Famous Places of Japan (October 17, 1985 to February 13, 1986)
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: Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art (October 2, 1975 to October 8, 1976)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art—Paintings (September 16, 1970 to May 2, 1973)
label: Exhibition History
content: Special Exhibition—Japanese Art (October 16, 1963 to August 18, 1967)
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: river
label: Topic
content: pilgrimage
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: F1903.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink, color and gold on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 35.6 x 22.7 cm (14 x 8 15/16 in)