The Awakening of Japan
author
Okakura Kakuzo
(Yokohama, 1862 - 1913, Akakura)
publisher
The Century Company
(active New York, 1881 - 1933)
printer
De Vinne Press
(active New York, 1883-1923)
Date1904
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions19.1 x 11.4 x 2 cm (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.1.14
eMuseum ID721828
EmbARK ObjectID17962
TMS Source ID6125
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionxiii, 225 p. 20 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #001259379)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.
MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on front end paper): To / Mrs. Isabella Stewart Gardner /
岡倉覺三拝呈 /
仰天自有初 /
観物竟無吾 /
星氣揺秋剣 /
氷心裂玉壺
[Presented with the compliments of Okakura Kakuzō.
I look up at the heavens that beget themselves;
Meditating upon things, one ultimately denies a "self."
Celestial vibrations stir the blades of autumn;
My heart, crystalline as ice, could cleave an urn of jade.]
ProvenanceNotesGift from scholar Okakura Kakuzo (1863-1913) to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1904.
