Kachikachi-yama [and] Hanasakajiji

illustrator Kishida Ryusei (Tokyo, 1891 - 1929, Tokuyama)

author Saneatsu Mushanokoji (Tokyo, 1885 - 1976, Tokyo)

publisher Oranda Shobo (active Japan, early 20th century)

Date1917

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions19.5 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm (7 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 9/16 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberm.2.32

eMuseum ID722987

Previous Numberm.2

EmbARK ObjectID20692

TMS Source ID7302

Last Updated8/9/24

Description1 vol., 69 and 49 p., illus., 12°

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.

BibliographyNotesSusan Sinclair and Philip B. Eppard. Catalogue of Children’s Books from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Collection and the Personal Libraries of John Lowell and Isabella Stewart Gardner (Boston, 1988), p. 47.

MarksNotes

Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, reverse): To / Mrs. Gardner /

岸田劉生 /

千九百一七年 /

十二月十四日

[KISHIDA Ryūsei

1917

December 14th]

ProvenanceNotesGift from the Japanese illustrator Kishida Ryusei to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 14 December 1917.