Snow-laden pine and shrub

Maker(s)
Artist: Signature of Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743)
Historical period(s)
Edo period, Dated 1741
School
Rinpa
Medium
Color on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 130.6 x 56 cm (51 7/16 x 22 1/16 in)
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1901.84
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Painting
Type

Hanging scroll (mounted on panel)

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, kakemono, pine tree
Provenance

To 1901
Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1901 [1]

From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing in 1901 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 247, pg. 56, 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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Siegfried Bing (C.L. Freer source) 1838-1905
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Published References
  • Mayuyama Junkichi. Japanese Art in the West. Tokyo. pl. 252.
  • Iboku Kenzan, Sakai Hōitsu. Kenzan Iboku [The Works Left by Kenzan, Copied by Hoitsu]. Japan. p. 18.
  • Kenzan no kaiga [The paintings of Kenzan (1663-1743)]. Exh. cat. Tokyo, October 29 - November 28, 1982. pp. 27, 62.
  • Shuko Nishimoto. Korin, Kenzan. Meiho Nihon No bijutsu, vol. 20 Tokyo. p. 140.
  • Richard L. Wilson. Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743). Ann Arbor. p. 391.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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