Object details
Accession number
M18e46
Primary Creator
Shoami Katsuyoshi
(Tsuyama, 1832 - 1908, Kyoto)
Full title
Portable Shrine with Statuette of Kannon
Creation Date
about 1868-1899
Provenance
Possibly in the collection of Prince Henry of Bourbon, Count of Bardi (1851-1905).
Gift from William John Gunn to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 20 December 1920.
Marks
Signed: Shoami Katsuyoshi
Incised (on doors): With benevolent eyes he looks at all living things, his blessing is like the sea immeasurable. [translation from Japanese]
Dimensions
4 cm (1 9/16 in.) high
Display Media
Silver and gold
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Little Salon
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 145. (as by Shoami Katsuyoshi (1835-1908); dated 19th century)
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 417-18 fig. 19, no. 13.
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