id:			98018
accession number:	1917.646
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.646
updated:		2022-01-25 10:00:28.433000

Mirror with Pair of Cranes in Chrysanthemum, 1400-1573. Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573). Bronze; diameter: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton 1917.646

title:				Mirror with Pair of Cranes in Chrysanthemum
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creation date:			1400-1573
creation date earliest:		1392
creation date latest:		1573
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creditline:			Gift of D. Z. Norton
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573)
technique:	bronze
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art
	opening date:   2011-03-27T00:00:00
	<i>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry"  cat. no. 35.

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PROVENANCE

	(Yamanaka and Co.)
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wall description: 
The Japanese used chrysanthemums as decorative elements on mirrors. In the Heian period, a chrysanthemum with cranes or long-tailed birds was a common motif. Later, in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, chrysanthemum designs were divided into three patterns with different symbolic associations: Chrysanthemum with Cranes represented longevity; Water Flowing suggested longevity as well as the Noh drama Kikujido, or Chrysanthemum Boy; and East Fence alluded to the poem "Drinking Wine" by Tao Yuanming (AD 365-427). Here, the mirror featuring Buddhist iconography (kyojo) and a chrysanthemum design on the back shows that the flower was also appreciated in the context of Buddhism in the Kamakura period.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67.
	page number: 	http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136092
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136092

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