Cabinet
furniture maker
Unknown
Datelate 16th century (with early 20th century additions)
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumCarved wood
Dimensions101.3 x 33 cm (39 7/8 x 13 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF17e143
eMuseum ID720216
EmbARK ObjectID12260
Previous Number1F17e33
TMS Source ID1394
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesYamanaka & Co. Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and things Buddistic from Temples and Palaces of Japan and China (Boston, 6-8 November 1902), p. 106, lot 384.
ProvenanceNotesPossibly in the collection of Japanese politician Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) at Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, Kyoto, about 1592.
Probably in the collection of a Mr. Hirase, by 1902.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Hirase sale by the Asian antiquities dealers Yamanaka & Co. at Copley Hall, Boston for $27 on 8 November 1902, lot 384, through the auctioneer Frank A. Leonard, Boston. (as a pair of doors)
Probably in the collection of a Mr. Hirase, by 1902.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Hirase sale by the Asian antiquities dealers Yamanaka & Co. at Copley Hall, Boston for $27 on 8 November 1902, lot 384, through the auctioneer Frank A. Leonard, Boston. (as a pair of doors)
