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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Heart of Heaven
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Heart of Heaven

author (Yokohama, 1862 - 1913, Akakura)
publisher (active Japan, 1898 - present)
Date1922
MediumPrinted ink on rice paper
Dimensions23.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 1 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.2.19
eMuseum ID720941
EmbARK ObjectID17981
Original Number10.a.2.7
TMS Source ID6144
Last Updated8/9/24
Description2 p. l., iii, vii p., 1 l. pl., port., facsims (1 fold.) 23 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #000407680)
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.
ProvenanceNotesProbably a gift from the Japan Visual Arts Academy to curator of Asian Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston John Ellerton Lodge (1976-1942) after 1922.
Gift from John Ellerton Lodge to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1922. 
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