Object details
Object number
F17e143
Creator(s)
Japanese
Title
Cabinet
Date
late 16th century (with early 20th century additions)
Medium
Carved wood
Dimensions
101.3 x 33 cm (39 7/8 x 13 in.)
Provenance
Possibly in the collection of Japanese politician Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) at Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, Kyoto, about 1592.
Probably in the collection of a Mr. Hirase, by 1902.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Hirase sale by the Asian antiquities dealers Yamanaka & Co. at Copley Hall, Boston for $27 on 8 November 1902, lot 384, through the auctioneer Frank A. Leonard, Boston. (as a pair of doors)
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
Yamanaka & Co. Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and things Buddistic from Temples and Palaces of Japan and China (Boston, 6-8 November 1902), p. 106, lot 384.
Gallery
Short Gallery
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