Object details
Accession number
P13w9.a-b
Primary Creator
Japanese
Full title
Sliding Doors: A Drinking Tiger (recto) and Two Fu Dogs (verso)
Creation Date
18th century
Provenance
Said to have been removed from Osaka Castle, Chuo-ku (demolished in 1868).
Entered the Hirase collection of Japanese art after about 1862.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Yamanaka sale at Copley Hall, Boston for $100 on 8 November 1902, lot 407.
Marks
Inscribed (on a sticker affixed to the upper edge of the lacquer frame, left door, printed): 407 (its lot number at the Yamanaka sale)
Dimensions
172.7 x 94 cm (68 x 37 in.)
Display Media
Color on cedar panel
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Second Floor Stairhall and Stairway
Bibliography
Yamanaka & Co. Catalogue of [sic] Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic from Temples and Palaces... (Boston, 6-8 November 1902), pp. 112-13, lot 407. (entitled "Pair Old Doors"; as painted by Kano Chikanobu, about 1750)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 84. (as Japanese, late 18th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 80-81, no. 33. (as Japanese, Kano school, possibly 18th century)
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