Maker(s)
Artist: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924)
Historical period(s)
Meiji era, 1870
Medium
Two-panel screen; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 151.1 × 170 cm (59 1/2 × 66 15/16 in) H x W (overall): 170.1 × 189 cm (67 × 74 7/16 in)
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F2019.4.1
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Painting
Type

Screen (two-panel)

Keywords
Japan, landscape, Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
Provenance

To 2019
Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle [1]

From 2019
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle

Notes:

[1] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Mary Cowles
Cheney Cowles

Published References
  • Frank Feltens. Meeting Tessai: Works by Tomioka Tessai from the Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection. Vol. 51, No. 3 Hong Kong, May/June 2020. p. 88, fig. 7.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
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