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Cover (Sarasa) for Tea Scoop (Cha-Shaku)
(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Cover (Sarasa) for Tea Scoop (Cha-Shaku)

Date19th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumPrinted plain weave cotton and silk
Dimensions20.3 x 3.8 cm (8 x 1 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberCR34n10.4
eMuseum ID727936
EmbARK ObjectID17278
Previous NumberCR34n10.d
Textile Database Number1286
TMS Source ID5570
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotesWilliam Thrasher and Caroline Graboys. "The Beginnings of Chanoyu in America." Chanoyu Quarterly (1984), pp. 20, 24, 29, 31. (as Japanese)
Sunao Nakamura (ed.). Okakura Kakuzo: Collected English Writings, III (Tokyo, 1984), pp. 61-63, 58-59.
Victoria Weston. East Meets West: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Okakura Kakuzo. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum V. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), p. 28.
Rebecca G. Breslow. "Humanity in a Tea-cup: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Okakura Kakuzo" in Chanoyu Quarterly: Tea and the Arts of Japan, No. 85 (1996), pp. 51-53.
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), pp. 176-77.
Louise Allison Cort. "Mrs. Gardner's 'Set of Tea-Things.' A Vehicle for Friendship, Power, & Aesthetic Instruction" in Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 385-86, 389.
ProvenanceNotesGift from Okakura Kakuzo (1862-1913), Japanese art historian and philosopher, to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 11 September 1905.
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Unknown
19th century
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Unknown
19th century
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Unknown
17th century - 18th century
Coverlet
Unknown
about 1850-1900
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Unknown
19th century
Silk Bag
Unknown
mid 18th century
Cushion Cover
Unknown
1550-1600