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Okakura Kakuzo

photographer James F. McCabe (active Boston, 1900 - 1914)

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

Dateabout 1904

Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

MediumGelatin silver print

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.009347

eMuseum ID719176

Other NumberARC.008129_0002

EmbARK ObjectID43362

TMS Source ID21171

Last Updated11/12/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryThis image depicts the art historian Okakura Kakuzō (1862-1913) who was friends with Isabella Stewart Gardner from 1904 until his death. The two met when Okakura worked at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where he was curator of Japanese and Chinese art. The close friendship between Gardner and Okakura is evident in their correspondence, as well as in a number of personal gifts that Okakura gave Gardner, which are now part of the museum’s collection.

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
Adam Haliburton, "The Elusive White Fox by Okakura Kakuzō," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 19 December 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/elusive-white-fox-okakura-kakuzo

ProvenanceNotesProbably a gift from the Japanese art historian and philosopher Okakura Kakuzo (1862-1913) to Isabella Stewart Gardner between 1904-1913.