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 4.4 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.2.21
eMuseum ID730797
Original Number10.a.2.7
TMS Source ID23780
Last Updated10/3/24
Description2 p. l., iii, vii p., 1 l. pl., port., facsims (1 fold.) 23 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #000407680)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.
MarksNotesEnclosed: With Compliments Card from Nippon Bijitsuin (Japan Visual Arts Academy) (ARC.009829)
Enclosed: Letter to Morris Carter from curator John Ellerton Lodge (1876-1942), after 1922 (ARC.009830)
Illustrated with gelatin silver prints by an unknown photographer.
Enclosed: Letter to Morris Carter from curator John Ellerton Lodge (1876-1942), after 1922 (ARC.009830)
Illustrated 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.
Gift from John Ellerton Lodge to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1922.
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