Object Details
- Description
- Borderless woodblock print depicting a male figure in blue robe, with crane pattern, about to draw his sword. Second man in plaid, stands behind.
- Provenance
- To ?
- David Wallace, Washington, DC [1]
- To 1971
- Embassy of Japan, Washington DC, gift of David Wallace, Washington, DC [2]
- From 1971
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of the Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC [3]
- Notes:
- [1] The Embassy of Japan received a gift from David Wallace of Washington, DC at an unknown date. In 1971, the Embassy of Japan gave print to the Study Collection of the Freer Gallery of Art. See letter dated February 11, 1971 from the Freer Gallery to Mr. David Wallace, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- David Wallace
- Embassy of Japan
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Artist
- Tsukioka Kogyo 月岡耕漁 (1869-1927)
- Date
- ca. 1922-1925
- Period
- Taisho era
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet and image): 37.8 x 25.7 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/8 in)
- Type
