Posts Tagged ‘Okakura Kakuzo’

Okakura Kakuzo — Quote About Vanity

One of my favorite quotes from Okakura Kakuzo about human nature. His works may be nearer science, but are further from humanity. We have an old saying in Japan that a woman cannot love a man who is truly vain, for there is no crevice in his heart for love to enter and fill up.…

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About Okakura Kakuzo

BORN: 1862/3 DIED: 1913 1911: Master of Arts from Harvard [Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 52, Aug., 1911] [From the Museum of Fine Arts bulletin, Vol. 11, No. 67, Dec., 1913] OKAKURA-KAKUZO was born at Fukui, the capital of Echizen Province, Japan. His father was a samurai who, feeling a deep…

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