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Gaiety in a riverside tea-house

Object Details

School/Tradition
Ukiyo-e
Provenance
To 1901
Mrs. Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), to 1901 [1]
From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mrs. Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, Detroit, in 1901[2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note, Object file. Also see Original Kakemono List, L. 251, 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)
Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
Previous custodian or owner
Elizabeth Goodhue Millett (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Date
18th century
Period
Edo period
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 39 × 57.5 cm (15 3/8 × 22 5/8 in)
Type
Painting
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