Statuette of Kannon with Box and Calling Card
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Yoshiharu
(active 19th century)
contributor
Yokichi Kinoshita
(active Boston and Washington DC, 1917 - 1950)
contributor
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Dateearly 19th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumInk cake wrapped in gold leaf; wooden box with ink inscription; ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS18e55.1-2
eMuseum ID726678
Previous NumberS18e55.a-c
EmbARK ObjectID15595
TMS Source ID4138
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 146. (as Japanese, dated early 19th century; as a gift from Okaura Kakuzo to Okabe Kakuya before gift from Kakuya to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1910)
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 400-401, 408 fig. 1, no. 10.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 400-401, 408 fig. 1, no. 10.
MarksNotesInscribed on statuette of Kannon (verso, center): Set of Japanese characters
Printed on calling card (recto): Mr. Yokichi Kinoshita, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Inscribed in graphite on calling card (verso): Given to me by Okabe - given to him by Okakura. I.S.Gardner
Inscribed in ink on box (lid, inside): Yoshiharu respectfully copied (this statue) at the request of Baisen-Sensei [translation from Japanese]
Printed on calling card (recto): Mr. Yokichi Kinoshita, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Inscribed in graphite on calling card (verso): Given to me by Okabe - given to him by Okakura. I.S.Gardner
Inscribed in ink on box (lid, inside): Yoshiharu respectfully copied (this statue) at the request of Baisen-Sensei [translation from Japanese]
ProvenanceNotesGift from the Japanese art historian and philosopher Okakura Kakuzo (1862-1913) to the Japanese metal artist Okabe Kakuya (1873-1918) at an unknown date.
Gift from Okabe Kakuya to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1910.
Gift from Okabe Kakuya to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1910.
