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Night Thoughts
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Night Thoughts

poet (Yokohama, 1862 - 1913, Akakura)
Date1905
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.009196
eMuseum ID725026
Other NumberU3n27
Previous NumberTEMP Case 9a.1, Okakura 9
EmbARK ObjectID15483
Previous NumberU3n26
TMS Source ID4043
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
BibliographyNotesAlan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 34-34, 81-82,85, 89, fig. 33.
Alex Eliopoulos, "Isabella and Okakura Kakuzō's Impactful Friendship," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 10 May 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-and-okakura-kakuzos-impactful-friendship
ProvenanceNotesGift from Japanese art historian and philosopher Okakura Kakuzo to Isabella Stewart Gardner in October, 1905.
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Okakura Kakuzo
1904 - 1913
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Katherine de Kay Bronson
1893
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Clara Bowdoin Winthrop
27 October 1922
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Okakura Kakuzo
1913
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Okakura Kakuzo
26 February 1913
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Okakura Kakuzo
early 20th century