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Birds, Animals, and Plants Representing the Twelve Months

Object Details

Provenance
To 1904
Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]
From 1904 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1904 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Screen List, L. 95, 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
Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)
Hokusai: Japanese Screens (February 18 to July 29, 2012)
Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)
Selections from the Japanese Collection (March 22 to November 29, 1999)
Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)
Previous custodian or owner
Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Date
ca. 1820-1835
Period
Edo period
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H x W (overall): 179.5 x 376 cm (70 11/16 x 148 in)
Type
Painting
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