Object details
Accession number
CR34n33
Primary Creator
Full title
Pagoda
Creation Date
about 1922
Provenance
Gift from Mr. and Mrs. Tomita Kojiro (1890-1976), scholar of Japanese art and head of the Asiatic Arts section of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 25 June 1924, along with plum blossoms collected in Japan at the grave of Okakura Kakuzo's (1862-1913), Japanese art historian, philosopher, and friend of Gardner.
Dimensions
11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Display Media
Carved wood
Web Commentary
When Tomita Kojiro (1890-1976) gave this pagoda to Isabella Stewart Gardner on June 25th, 1924, it was filled with plum blossoms from the grave of Okakura Kakuzō (1862-1913). Both Niiro Chūnosuke (1869-1954), who carved this pagoda, and Tomita were connected to Gardner because of their shared friendships with Okakura.
Permanent Gallery Location
Chinese Room
Bibliography
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 35-36 fig. 35, 50 n. 123.Talia Andrei. “Isabella’s Reliquary of Friendship: Her Bond With Okakura Kakuzō.” Inside the Collection Blog, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, accessed 2022. www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabellas-reliquary-friendship-her-bond-okakura-kakuzoRights and reproductions
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