id: 106261
accession number: 1924.351
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Pair of Guardian Animals: Karashishi and Komainu, 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Wood with traces of color; overall: 49.6 cm (19 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.351
title: Pair of Guardian Animals: Karashishi and Komainu
title in original language: 唐獅子・狛犬像
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creation date: 1300s
creation date earliest: 1300
creation date latest: 1399
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creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
technique: Wood with traces of color
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 49.6 cm (19 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Inaugural Exhibition
opening date: 1916-06-06T05:00:00
Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
title: Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見
opening date: 2019-04-09T04:00:00
Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-June 30, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Kuroda Takuma 黒田太久馬 [1867–?], Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?–1924
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1924–
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CITATIONS
Sizer, Theodore. “A Note on the Japanese Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 11, no. 9, 1924, pp. 174–175 and 187.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 174-175; Reproduced: p. 187
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25136795
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 908
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n160
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 275
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n299
Mayuyama, Junkichi. Japanese Art in the West. [Tokyo]: Mayuyama & Co, 1966.
page number: Mentioned: p. 344; Reproduced: p. 49, pl. 61
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 275
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n299
Zenzo Shimizu 清水善三. "Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada," Ars Buddhica 佛教藝術, no. 126 (September 1979), part I, pp. 67-88.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 26
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Vilbar, Sinéad, and Kevin Gray Carr. Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 150, no. 55
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Vilbar, Sinéad. "The Japanese Art Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1915-1951." In Great Waves & Mountains: Perspectives and Discoveries in Collecting the Arts of Japan. Natsu Oyobe, and Allysa B. Peyton, eds., 160–197. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2022.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 173, fig. 7.10
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