The White Fox
poet
Okakura Kakuzo
(Yokohama, 1862 - 1913, Akakura)
Date1913
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumTypewritten ink on paper
Dimensions28.1 x 22.2 cm (11 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.006550
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryArt historian and philosopher Okakura Kakuzō adapted the Japanese legend of Kuzunoha into a libretto for an opera. In the story, a young nobleman saves a white fox from a hunter. The fox visits the man in the form of a woman. The two marry and have a child, but ultimately the woman decides to return to the forest and her fox life. Okakura dedicated his manuscript to Isabella which she displayed in the Okakura Case in the Blue Room.
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Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID23246
Previous NumberU3nOK.Okak.Kaku.C74
Source ID8373
