Object details
Object number
S18e55.1-2
Creator(s)
Title
Statuette of Kannon with Box and Calling Card of Yokichi Kinoshita
Date
early 19th century
Medium
Ink cake wrapped in gold leaf; wooden box with ink inscription; ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions
8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed on statuette of Kannon (verso, center): Set of Japanese characters
Printed on calling card (recto): Mr. Yokichi Kinoshita, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Inscribed in graphite on calling card (verso): Given to me by Okabe - given to him by Okakura. I.S.Gardner
Inscribed in ink on box (lid, inside): Yoshiharu respectfully copied (this statue) at the request of Baisen-Sensei [translation from Japanese]
Provenance
Gift from the Japanese art historian and philosopher Okakura Kakuzo (1862-1913) to the Japanese metal artist Okabe Kakuya (1873-1918) at an unknown date.
Gift from Okabe Kakuya to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1910.
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.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 146. (as Japanese, dated early 19th century; as a gift from Okaura Kakuzo to Okabe Kakuya before gift from Kakuya to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1910)
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 400-401, 408 fig. 1, no. 10.
Gallery
Little Salon
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