Xi Wangmu
painter
Kano Yasukuni
(1717 - 1792)
Date18th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumGesso pastiglia on cedar panel (in a black lacquer frame)
Dimensions71.1 x 116.8 cm (28 x 46 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP14w2
eMuseum ID724401
EmbARK ObjectID11639
TMS Source ID828
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesYamanaka & Co. Catalogue of [sic] Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic from Temples and Palaces... (Boston, 6-8 November 1902), pp. 98-99, lot 355. (entitled "Old Palace Panel"; the figure as "Chinese Empress Seiwobo"; as painted by Ritsuo, early 18th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 84. (the figure as Hsi Wang Mu; as painted by Yasukuni)
Yasuko Horioka. "Japanese Screens-III." Fenway Court (Jun. 1969), pp. 59, 62, fig. 4. (as painted by Yasukuni, 1717-1792)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 75-76, no. 31. (as Japanese, by Kano Yasukuni, 1717-1792)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 84. (the figure as Hsi Wang Mu; as painted by Yasukuni)
Yasuko Horioka. "Japanese Screens-III." Fenway Court (Jun. 1969), pp. 59, 62, fig. 4. (as painted by Yasukuni, 1717-1792)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 75-76, no. 31. (as Japanese, by Kano Yasukuni, 1717-1792)
MarksNotesSeal (right side, beneath the palace banisters): Hogen Yasukuni
ProvenanceNotesSaid to have come from Shoren-in (called Awata Palace), Kyoto.
Entered the Hirase collection of Japanese art after about 1868.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Yamanaka sale at Copley Hall, Boston for $105 on 8 November 1902, lot 355.
Entered the Hirase collection of Japanese art after about 1868.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Yamanaka sale at Copley Hall, Boston for $105 on 8 November 1902, lot 355.
