id:			100558
accession number:	1919.973
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.973
updated:		2025-02-08 22:50:59.061000

Monju as a Child (Chigo Monju), early 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk; painting only: 75.8 x 36.2 cm (29 13/16 x 14 1/4 in.); including mounting: 170.2 x 55.3 cm (67 x 21 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund 1919.973

title:				Monju as a Child (Chigo Monju)
title in original language:	稚児文殊像
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creation date:			early 1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1440
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creditline:			General Income Fund
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Painting only: 75.8 x 36.2 cm (29 13/16 x 14 1/4 in.); Including mounting: 170.2 x 55.3 cm (67 x 21 3/4 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Governor Saisho of Nara Prefecture.
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	(Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1919-present
	date: 1919-
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CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 7, no. 2 (1920): 25.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 25
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136353

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