Object Details
- Label
- Blown by a strong spring wind, a courtesan attended by a young boy stops to retie her sash (obi). The artist Shun'ei, who was an important designer of actor prints, has created a graceful image that expresses the effect of the wind on the willow tree above and the light, sheer garments of the courtesan.
- Provenance
- To 1899
- Edward S. Hull Jr., New York to 1899 [1]
- From 1899 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edward S. Hull Jr. in 1899 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 201, as well as Voucher No. 9, May 1899, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's
- well-known associate, Bunshichi Kobayashi (see correspondence, Hull to Freer, 1898-1900, as well as invoices from E.S. Hull Jr., 1898-1900, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives). See also, Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pgs. 15 and 34. See further, Thomas Lawton and Linda Merrill, Freer: A Legacy of Art, (Washington, DC and New York: Freer Gallery of Art and H. N. Abrams, 1993), pgs. 133-134.
- [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
- The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Paintings and Prints (December 8, 2002 to May 26, 2003)
- Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Edward S. Hull Jr. (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Artist
- Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英 (1762-1819)
- Date
- 18th-19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W: 91 x 32.8 cm (35 13/16 x 12 15/16 in)
- Type
- Painting
