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Young woman with a fan on a verandah admiring maple

Object Details

Marks
Two seals on lower right. The rectangular intaglio reading "Bukado" and the other, square relief reading "sukenobu."
Provenance
To 1897
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [1]
From 1897 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 72, pg. 15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[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.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art (August 14, 2004 to February 20, 2005)
Autumn Colors (October 19 to December 20, 1984)
Japanese Art—Autumn Voices (October 14, 1981 to December 16, 1981)
Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
Japanese Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to September 20, 1971)
Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信 (1671-1751)
Date
17th-18th century
Period
Edo period
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 118.5 × 53 cm (46 11/16 × 20 7/8 in)
Type
Painting
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