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Woman with back to observer playing samisen

[1] According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, F1904.413-.428 were purchased from Kobayashi and Co. in September and October 1904. See also, Miscellaneous Reserve List, May 1917, R. 5713, Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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Woman, a baby and a young girl

well-known associate, Bunshichi Kobayashi (see correspondence, Hull to Freer, 1898-1900, as well as invoices from E.S. Hull Jr., 1898-1900, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives). See also, Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pgs. 15 an

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Women Airing Books and Clothes

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Panel List, L. 52, pg. 18, 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 compan

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Women bathing in a lake

Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) was an officer in the British military and a collector of Indian paintings. Born in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, Hanna’s family later moved to London, where he was baptized in 1851. Beginning in 1857, Hanna served as a commissioned officer in the Indian Army and retired with the rank of Colonel in 1889. After his retirement, he resided in London and Pet

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Wood Yong Bell

John Hadley Cox (1913-2005) was an educator and a collector of Chinese archaeological ceramic, pottery, and bronze vessels, predominantly from the Changsha region of Hunan Province in South Central China. Upon graduating from Yale University in 1935 (B.A.), he spent two years teaching at Yale University's Yale-in-China program in Changsha. Whilst in China, he amassed his collection of ceramics and

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Woodblock for the design of Olive Halibut (hirame), Black Rockfish (mebaru), and sprig of cherry blossom, from an untitled series known as the "Large Fish" series

[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1217, pg. 21-A, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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Woodblock print: four designs of warriors; reverse: group of fans and individual signature and seals

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[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1226, pg. 21-B, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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Woodblock; recto: an Oiran tossing a handball; verso: two lovers

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1229-1230, pg. 21-C, 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

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Woodcutter

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Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

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Woodcutter Receiving a Drink at a Fishing Boat

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[1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1290, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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Worship of Shri Nathji

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[1] The stamp on the verso of the painting reads: “Shanti Sharma Vidhya Bhavan, Udaipur [inventory no.] T27/209.” The stamp indicates that the painting was in the collection of the shop, Shanti Sharma Vidhya Bhavan in Udaipur, India. It is unclear if William K. Ehrenfeld purchased it directly from Shanti Sharma Vidhya Bhavan or whether he acquired it from another dealer or collector.

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Writing a Poem on a Crimson Leaf

Like many ancient legends, Writing a Poem on a Crimson Leaf has several versions, each with minor differences in detail. The main story takes place in the ninth century during the Tang dynasty (618–907) and concerns a court lady who writes a love poem on a red leaf. She then sets it afloat on the waterway that flows out of the palace. The man who finds the red leaf writes a poem in which he echoes

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