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Visiting Card

subject Okakura Kakuzo (Yokohama, 1862 - 1913, Akakura)

Date13 March 1904

MediumInk on card stock

ClassificationsManuscripts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.004141

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryOkakura Kakuzō (1862-1913) possibly gave this visiting card to Isabella Stewart Gardner during a social visit. In English, the card reads horizontally, from left to right, “Mr. Kakuzō Okakura.” Turning the card ninety degrees clockwise, the card reads from top to bottom in Japanese, “Okakura Kakuzō.” “Okakura” is his family name, while “Kakuzō” is his personal name.

Id728184

Last Updated8/9/24

EmbARK ObjectID30119

Other NumberU3n112

Source ID13701