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44THELEGACYoFDWIGHTTRYoNANDCHARLESFREER16FreertTrynAugust31907FreerpapersFGAarchives.AtChishaku-inTempleinKytFreersawthisgreatpaintingthatwastraditinallyattributedtomakitsutheJapaneseequivalentrWangWeiaamuspainterTangdynastyChina.Buthemistakenlyspelledtheartistnameasokamatsu.SeeMerrillAnIdealCountry14446pl.33.17TryntFreerAugust71907TrynpapersFGAarchives.18HelenN.TmlinsnCharlesLangFreerPioneerCollectorsofOrientalArtPh.D.diss.CaseWesternReserveUniversityCleveland1979426432.19ItiswrthntingthatmstAmericanmuseumsdidnthaveAsianartdepartmentsatthattimeexcepttheMuseumFineArtsBstnwhichlauncheditsJapaneseArtDepartmentin1890withErnestFenllsaasitsrstcuratr.Itwasntuntil1915thattheMetrplitanMuseumArtundeditsAsianArtDepartmentbyseparatingitasaunitrmitsDepartmentDecrativeArts.Frmrediscussinseeibid.666.20TryntFreerFebruary201897TrynpapersFGAarchives.21Freerprbablypurchasedthispaintingarund1915.BecauseitsauspiciusimplicatingdluckthecarpwasappularsubjectinpaintingsrreciprcalgitsbetweenriendsintraditinalChina.22FreertTrynJuly71907FreerpapersFGAarchives.23MerrillFreerALegacy207.24FreertMaryK.WilliamsMarch41901FreerpapersFGAarchives.25In1909FreermadeaspecialtriptChinawherehespenttwmnthsvisitingmanyplacesgreatinterestseeingtherealclassicalChinesescenerytheancientChinesepaintingsserratedmuntainsvaryingdistancesandgreatwaterspaces.FreertFrankJ.HeckerSeptember201909FreerpapersFGAarchives.Healstrackeddwntreasuresinthehandsnativecllectrsandvisitedrenwnedprivatecllectins.Freersprductivetripin1909cnvincedhimtmakeantherraytChinaintheautumn1910.HespentseveralmnthsinBeijingandShanghainegtiatingwithdealersandvisitingprivatecllectrsshippingbackseveralhundredChineseartwrksattheendhisstay.HealsvisitedtheBuddhistcavetemplesatLngmeninLuyangandtraveledbybatntheWestLakeinHangzhutseethescenestendepictedinSngpaintings.TmlinsnCharlesLangFreer55778.FrabrieintrductintFreersChinesecllectinseeThmasLawtnChinasArtisticLegacyApolloCXVIIIn.258Aug.198312735.26ItisntablethatwhenFreerpursuedldpaintingstheTangSngandYuandynastiesnhistripsmstpeplestillbelievedthatmedievalChinesearthadsurvivednlyinJapanaswasstatedbyPressrFrederickHirthinhisinfuentialreerencebkTheAncientHistoryofChina1908.WhiletherswerestillbuyingathighpricesrmdealersbasedinJapanrAmericathisastutecllectrrealizedtherewerepprtunitiestndhiddentreasuresinChinaandthusdirectlycntactedlcaldealersandintermediaries.TmlinsnCharlesLangFreer535.27oberlinCllegewasanthermajrrecipientFreersgitsAsianart.In1910itsPresidentHenryChurchillKinglearnedthatCharlesFreerwasgivingsmeduplicatesrmhiscllectintmuseumsandacademicinstitutinsarundthecuntry.KingquicklywrtetFreerandrequestedadnatinroberlinCllege.In1912FreersentoberlinagitabutnehundredChineseandJapanesepaintingsceramicsandsculpturesthathehpedwuldinhiswrdsaidsmeyurstudentstabetterknwledgetheFarEast.IamgrateultStephanieWilesrmerdirectrtheAllenMemrialArtMuseumoberlinCllegerprvidinginrmatinabutoberlinsFreercllectin.