id: 98029 accession number: 1917.656 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.656 updated: 2023-03-23 11:10:03.758000 Mirror with Pair of Cranes in Chrysanthemum Pattern, 1392–1573. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Bronze; diameter: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton 1917.656 title: Mirror with Pair of Cranes in Chrysanthemum Pattern title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1392–1573 creation date earliest: 1392 creation date latest: 1573 current location: creditline: Gift of D. Z. Norton copyright: --- culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) technique: bronze department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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 The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 38. --- PROVENANCE (Yamanaka and Co.) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67. page number: Mentioned: p. 65 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136092 Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 57-58, no. 38 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.656/1917.656_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.656/1917.656_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.656/1917.656_full.tif