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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Tokyo
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Tokyo

correspondent (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
eMuseum ID729107
EmbARK ObjectID30274
Other NumberU3n141
TMS Source ID13856
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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.
MarksNotesInscribed in blue ink (envelope recto, upper left): White Fox -