Album: Miscellaneous Sketches
date: label: Date
content: Mid-eighteenth century
label: Period
content: Edo period
name: label: Artist
content: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)
notes: label: School/Tradition
content: Ukiyo-e
label: Provenance
content: To 1904
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1904 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company 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] Original folder sheet note.
label: Provenance
content: Also see Original Album List, pg. 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
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: Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 1 (August 18, 2007 to February 24, 2008)
label: Exhibition History
content: Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 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 Drawings (March 16, 1984 to July 22, 1985)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (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: Japan
label: Topic
content: wave
label: Topic
content: gafu
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: F1904.357
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 x D (overall, album closed): 27.8 x 16.8 x 3.8 cm (10 15/16 x 6 5/8 x 1 1/2 in)