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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Tamaki Miura
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Tamaki Miura

photographer (active Chicago, early 20th century)
Date1915
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
MediumPlatinum print
Dimensions10.75 x 10.25 cm (4 1/4 x 4 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.009913
eMuseum ID724614
Previous NumberXP21
EmbARK ObjectID24537
TMS Source ID8985
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryTamaki Miura (1884-1946) was the first internationally celebrated Japanese soprano. After training in her native Japan and in Europe, Miura was cast in the title role of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly in London in 1915. Acclaimed for her performances, Miura toured the United States to reprise her role for American audiences. Gardner was a great fan of the opera and friend to many singers; the fact that she collected a photographic portrait of Miura denotes her admiration for the path-breaking soprano.
MarksNotesSigned and dated in ink (lower left): Victor George / Chicago 15
Inscribed and autographed in ink (lower center): For Mrs Gardner / With cordial regards of / Tamaki Miura / Dec. 12th 1915 Boston
ProvenanceNotesProbably a gift from the soprano Tamaki Miura (1884-1946) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on the occasion of her performance in Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly at the Boston Opera Company, 12 December 1915.