Object details
Accession number
ARC.008129
Creators
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Okakura Kakuzo
(Yokohama, 1862 - 1913, Akakura)
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subject
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Unknown
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photographer
Full title
Memorial Stone for Okakura Kakuzo at Echigo, Japan
Creation Date
1913-1915
Provenance
Sent by curator and art historian Kojiro Tomita to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 13 December 1915. (ARC.005646)
Marks
Inscribed in ink (verso): Okakura's Country House at / Akakura Hotsprings, Echigo / Stone inscription: The Place where Okakura Tenshin died
Display Media
Gelatin silver print
Web Commentary
Tomita Kojiro (1890-1976) sent this image to Isabella Stewart Gardner on December 13, 1915. The picture depicts the memorial stone that honored their mutual friend, Okakura Kakuzō (1862-1913) who died in Japan. Okakura worked at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston as the curator of Japanese and Chinese art. He and Gardner were close friends from 1904 until his death.
Permanent Gallery Location
Chinese Room
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