The Heart of Heaven

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

publisher Nihon Bijutsuin (active Japan, 1898 - present)

Date1922

MediumPrinted ink on rice paper with gelatin silver prints

Dimensions23.5 x 15.5 x 3.2 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.a.2.20

eMuseum ID730934

Original Number10.a.2.7

TMS Source ID23779

Last Updated8/9/24

Description2 p. l., iii, vii p., 1 l. pl., port., facsims (1 fold.) 23 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #000407680)

Status

Not on view

Web 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.

MarksNotesIllustrated with gelatin silver prints by an unknown photographer

ProvenanceNotesProbably a gift from the Japan Visual Arts Academy to curator of Asian Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston John Ellerton Lodge (1976-1942) after 1922.
Gift from John Ellerton Lodge to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1922.