Object Details
- Description
- This painting is a presentation of still-life and poetry on hanging scroll format. The painted image features assorted vegetables, plate, cup, lacquer box, a sprig of wisteria, and, most prominently, a fresh bonito on a large blue and white charger. Above the painting are inscribed twelve poems, signed by poets who were members of the same circle or club.
- Signatures
- Unsigned.
- Marks
- Red seal: Hokkei.
- Inscriptions
- Above the painting are inscribed twelve poems, signed by poets who were members of the same circle or club. Last poem signed: Nanseishi Shunkin.
- Above the painting are inscribed twelve poems, signed by poets who were members of the same circle or club. Last poem signed: Nanseishi Shunkin.
- Provenance
- Hutchinson Collection [1]
- 1996
- Sale, London, Sotheby’s, Japanese Prints, Paintings and Works of Art, November 13, 1996, Sale #LN6704, lot 13: “Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850): The First Katsuo of the Season” [2]
- 1996
- David Newman, London, purchased at Sale, London, Sotheby’s, Japanese Prints, Paintings and Works of Art, November 13, 1996, Sale #LN6704” [3]
- From 1996
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from David Newman, London [4]
- Notes:
- [1] According to Sotheby’s, London auction catalogue for Sale#LN5704, the hanging scroll was previously in the collection of Hutchinson.
- [2] See object file, Collections Management Office.
- [3] See note 2.
- [4] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Arts of Japan (July 14, 2012 to January 13, 2013)
- Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)
- Selections from the Japanese Collection (March 22 to November 29, 1999)
- Untitled Exhibition, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands, 1982 (1982)
- Untitled Exhibition, Singer Museum, Laren, 1975 (1975)
- Untitled Exhibition, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, 1968 (1968)
- Untitled Exhibition, Kunstzaal Plaats, The Hague, Netherlands (1962)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca. 1829-1891)
- Sotheby's (London)
- David Newman
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Artist
- Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 (1780-1850)
- Date
- late 18th-mid 19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 108.2 × 54.9 cm (42 5/8 × 21 5/8 in)
- Type
- Painting
