Object details
Accession number
U11s2.5
Primary Creator
Japanese
Full title
Woodblock for an Illustration in Bijutsu Kogei Hiinakata (Design Book for Fine Art Craft): Color Block (recto): Details of Irises for Inkstone Box with Irises by Ogata Korin / Color Block (verso): Details of Plants in Design for a Bridge
Creation Date
1898-1899
Provenance
Probably a gift from the Japanese art historian and philosopher Okakura Kakuzo (1862-1913) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1904-1905, on his first visit to Boston.
Dimensions
24 x 38 cm (9 7/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Carved wood with remains of ink
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
Macknight Room
Bibliography
Noriko Murai. "The Art of the Japan Art Institute (Nippon Bitjutsuin) in the Gardner Museum" in Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 401-05. (see p. 39, fig. 41, no. 20 for the woodblocks' location in the Chinese Room in about 1914)
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