Object details
Object number
10.a.1.14
Creator(s)
Title
The awakening of Japan, by Okakura-Kakuzo
Date
1904
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
New York
Binding Description
blue cloth; gilt lettering; gilt top edge
Description
xiii, 225 p. 20 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #001259379)
Dimensions
19.1 x 11.4 x 2 cm (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 13/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in black ink (on front end paper): To / Mrs. Isabella Stewart Gardner /
岡倉覺三拝呈 /
仰天自有初 /
観物竟無吾 /
星氣揺秋剣 /
氷心裂玉壺
[Presented with the compliments of Okakura Kakuzō.
I look up at the heavens that beget themselves;
Meditating upon things, one ultimately denies a "self."
Celestial vibrations stir the blades of autumn;
My heart, crystalline as ice, could cleave an urn of jade.]
Provenance
Gift from scholar Okakura Kakuzo (1863-1913) to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1904.
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.
Gallery
Blue Room
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