Summer: Two women bleaching cloth in a stream: Toi no Tama Gawa
Object Details
- Artist
- Kubo Shunman 窪俊満 (1757-1820)
- School/Tradition
- Ukiyo-e
- Provenance
- To 1903
- Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]
- From 1903 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in March 1903 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, pg. 70, L. 300, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
- [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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1903.62
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Color on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 88 × 32.1 cm (34 5/8 × 12 5/8 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- summer
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- water
- river
- woman
- Japan
- ukiyo-e
- kakemono
- bijinga
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1903.62
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35a1ee0e2-0f3a-4d21-88ac-3ccdf0afd0c3
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