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Shimomura Kanzan - White Fox, about 1913

Shimomura Kanzan (Wakayama, 1873 - 1930, Yokohama)

White Fox, about 1913

Watercolor on paper , 29 x 16 cm (11 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Commentary

Shimomura Kanzan was an important modern painter who was colleagues in Japan with Okakura Kakuzō (1862-1913). Okakura was a close friend of Isabella Stewart Gardner and wrote an opera libretto titled, “The White Fox,” which he dedicated to Gardner. After Okakura Kakuzō’s death, Okakura Yoshisaburo (1868-1936), the younger brother of Okakura Kakuzō, gave this watercolor by Shimomura to Gardner.