Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Tokyo
correspondent
Okakura Yoshisaburo
(Yokohama, Japan, 1868 - 1936)
Date28 April 1914
Place MadeTokyo, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.004317
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryArt historian and philosopher Okakura Kakuzō adapted the Japanese legend of Kuzunoha into a libretto for an opera, “The White Fox.” He dedicated it to Isabella who displayed the manuscript in the Okakura Case in the Blue Room. In this letter, Okakura’s brother Yoshisaburo is asking permission to have the work published and translated into French.
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Last Updated8/9/24
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Other NumberU3n141
Source ID13856
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