Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Idzura [Izura], Japan
correspondent
Okakura Kakuzo
(Yokohama, 1862 - 1913, Akakura)
Date13 January 1909
Place MadeKita-Ibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan, East Asia
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.004124
eMuseum ID722971
Other NumberU3n29.1-38
Previous NumberU3n96
EmbARK ObjectID30102
TMS Source ID13684
Last Updated8/9/24
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Not on viewWeb CommentaryOkakura Kakuzō (1862-1913) wrote this letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner on a snowy January day in 1909. In this letter, Okakura writes about how he misses Gardner and Boston. Okakura also introduces Niiro Chūnosuke (1869-1954), who would arrive in Boston and work for a year on restoring the Buddhist sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
BibliographyNotesTalia Andrei, "Isabella's Reliquary of Friendship: Her Bond with Okakura Kakuzō," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 18 October 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabellas-reliquary-friendship-her-bond-okakura-kakuzo
MarksNotesMarked in pencil (recto, upper left): 20
