Woodblock for an Illustration in Bijutsu Kogei Hiinakata
maker
Unknown
Date1898-1899
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumCarved wood with remains of ink
Dimensions24 x 38 cm (9 7/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberCR61.15
eMuseum ID717418
EmbARK ObjectID17312
Previous Number15
TMS Source ID5604
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotesNoriko Murai. "The Art of the Japan Art Institute (Nippon Bitjutsuin) in the Gardner Museum" in Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 401-05. (see p. 39, fig. 41, no. 20 for the woodblocks' location in the Chinese Room in about 1914)
MarksNotesCarved in relief (recto): Twelve (?) Japanese characters (top, left), six (?) Japanese characters (top, left), six (?) Japanese characters (center, left), and five (?) Japanese characters (center, right). Marked in black ink (verso, center): Two (?) Japanese characters.
ProvenanceNotesProbably a gift from the Japanese art historian and philosopher Okakura Kakuzo (1862-1913) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1904-1905, on his first visit to Boston.
