Okakura Kakuzō
Okakura Kakuzō was recorded as writer, art critic, curator and art historian.
Also recorded as Tenshin Okakura · Kakuzō Okakura · Okakura Kakuzo · Okakura Kakuzou
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Biography
Okakura Kakuzō was recorded at birth as 岡倉 角蔵. He also worked under the name 岡倉 覚三. The authorities additionally record the headings Tenshin Okakura, Kakuzō Okakura, Okakura Kakuzo, Okakura Kakuzou and OKAKURA Tenshin. His recorded languages were Japanese and English.
Other recorded relations include Koshirō Okakura.
Okakura Kakuzō worked in philosophy, Japanese art, art criticism and cultural history.
He was employed by Senshu College, Ongaku Torishirabegakari, Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts, Tokyo National Museum and Museum of Fine Arts Boston. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Nihon Bijutsuin.
Okakura Kakuzō studied at Tokyo University, Ranshadō and Tokyo School of Foreign Languages. Training under James Hamilton Ballagh and Seiko Okuhara is recorded. Bisen Fukuda, Yokoyama Taikan and Kanzan Shimomura are recorded as having studied under Okakura Kakuzō. The recorded working language is Japanese and English.
The field of work recorded is philosophy, Japanese art and art criticism.
Employment is recorded with Senshu College, Ongaku Torishirabegakari and Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts.
Works named in the authority record are The Book of Tea.
Work by Okakura Kakuzō is recorded in the collections of J. Paul Getty Museum.
Distinctions recorded are Order of the Rising Sun, 5th class.
interna kovrilo de "La Libro de Teo", 1965
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Catalogued output
Works
Their recorded dates run from 1905 to 1920.
The ideals of the East: with special reference to the art of Japan. Traditional Tea Ceremonies. The awakening of the east. Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. Okakura Kakuzo, collected English writings.
Rokkakudō
1905
The Book of Tea
Ideals of the East with special reference to the art of Japan. 岡倉天心集. 福澤諭吉, 中江篤介, 德富蘇峰, 三宅雄二郎, 岡倉覚三, 內村鑑三集. 东洋的理想
Cha no hon
Trà đạo
Japan's innate virility
Quotes about Tea and Life
Cerimonia Del Tè
Les idéaux de l'Orient
The Awakening of Japan / The Book of Tea
Zhongguo de mei shu ji qi ta
Tenshin zenshū
The complete catalogue · 24
Rokkakudō
1905
The Book of Tea
Ideals of the East with special reference to the art of Japan. 岡倉天心集. 福澤諭吉, 中江篤介, 德富蘇峰, 三宅雄二郎, 岡倉覚三, 內村鑑三集. 东洋的理想
Cha no hon
Trà đạo
Japan's innate virility
Quotes about Tea and Life
Cerimonia Del Tè
Les idéaux de l'Orient
The Awakening of Japan / The Book of Tea
Zhongguo de mei shu ji qi ta
Tenshin zenshū
Okakura Tenshin shū
Zen Tea Ceremony
Book of Tea Annotated
Okakura Tenshin zenshū
Tenshin Sensei ōbun chosho shōyaku
Okakura Tenshin
Byakko
"Okakura Tenshin to Nihon bijutsu" ten
Tōyō no risō
Tenshin to sono shokan
Meditations on Tea
The heart of heaven
A further 6 recorded entries stand behind this article and are held on the record.
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1863–1913
The full dated record · 6 entries
1863
Okakura Kakuzō born at Yokohama.
1904
The Awakening of JAPAN digitised by Internet Archive.
1905
The Ideals Of The East digitised by Internet Archive.
1906
The book of tea digitised by Internet Archive.
1907
Moderne Probleme der Malerei; Vortrag, gehalten auf dem Kongress von St. Louis, 1904 digitised by Internet Archive.
1913
Okakura Kakuzō died at Myōkōkōgen.
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Places
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Yokohama
Birth place
Myōkōkōgen
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
The awakening of Japan (1904) — Internet Archive. The ideals of the east: with special reference to the art of Japan (1920) — Internet Archive. The book of tea: a Japanese harmony of art culture and the simple life (1919) — Internet Archive.
The book of tea (1906) — Internet Archive
The Ideals Of The East (1905) — Internet Archive
The ideals of the east, with special reference to the art of Japan (1920) — Internet Archive
scholarly publication
- Okakura Kakuzō and the Osaka Painting Schools of the Tokugawa era, The Tokugawa World, 2021
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2021
- Okakura Kakuzō as a Historian of Art, Review of Japanese Culture and Society, 2012
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2012
- Okakura Kakuzō: A Reintroduction, Review of Japanese Culture and Society, 2012
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2012
- PAN-ASYACILIK: OKAKURA TENSHİN (KAKUZŌ) VE ASYA ALGISI, History Studies, 2023
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2023
- Select Annotated Bibliography of Okakura Kakuzō, Review of Japanese Culture and Society, 2012
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2012
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q942995: Okakura Kakuzō
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Okakura Kakuzō”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 115571566, Okakura, Kakuzō.
Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Literature
Bibliography
PAN-ASYACILIK: OKAKURA TENSHİN (KAKUZŌ) VE ASYA ALGISI, History Studies, 2023. Okakura Kakuzō: A Reintroduction, Review of Japanese Culture and Society, 2012. Excavating the Hall of Dreams: The Inventions of “Fine Art” and “Religion” in Japan, Religions, 2022. L’universalisme de l’esthétique chez Okakura Kakuzō (dit Tenshin) et Ernest Fenollosa: critique et actualité, Ebisu: Études Japonaises, 2013. Establishment of a Museum in Modern Japan: From the Perspective of the Influence of the South Kensington Museum, Museum, Materials and Discussions, 2026.
Select Annotated Bibliography of Okakura Kakuzō, Review of Japanese Culture and Society, 2012
Okakura Kakuzō and the Osaka Painting Schools of the Tokugawa era, The Tokugawa World, 2021
Okakura Kakuzō as a Historian of Art, Review of Japanese Culture and Society, 2012
A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
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scholarly publication
Okakura Kakuzō and the Osaka Painting Schools of the Tokugawa era, The Tokugawa World, 2021Crossref registry
Verifiedscholarly publication
Verifiedscholarly publication
Verifiedscholarly publication
Verifiedscholarly publication
Select Annotated Bibliography of Okakura Kakuzō, Review of Japanese Culture and Society, 2012Crossref registry
Verifiedauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 115571566, Okakura, Kakuzō.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Partially resolvedreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q942995: Okakura KakuzōWikimedia Foundation
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
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Those registers additionally record the forms 岡倉角蔵, Gang cang Tian xin, Gangcang Tianxin, 岡倉, 天心, 岡倉, 覺三, Gang cang, Jiao san, Gangcang Jiaocang and Okakura Kakuzō.
Okakura Kakuzō studied at Tokyo University, Ranshadō and Tokyo School of Foreign Languages. He trained under James Hamilton Ballagh and Seiko Okuhara.
Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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