id: 106261 accession number: 1924.351 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.351 updated: 2022-07-08 09:00:10.110000 Pair of Koma-inu: Guardian Lion-Dogs, 1185-1333. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Wood with traces of polychromy; overall: 49.6 cm (19 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.351 title: Pair of Koma-inu: Guardian Lion-Dogs title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1185-1333 creation date earliest: 1185 creation date latest: 1333 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) technique: wood with traces of polychromy department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 49.6 cm (19 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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 (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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Kuroda Takuma 黒田太久馬 [1867–?], Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1924 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1924– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Placed at the entrance to shrines and temples in Japan, lion-like guardian figures warded off evil spirits. These lion-dogs are distinguishable by their faces: one looks fierce, mouth closed, while the other seems mid-roar, mouth agape. The idea of guardian-lions likely came to Japan from China via Korea, giving rise to the name koma-inu meaning "Korean dog." --- RELATED WORKS --- 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 url: 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 url: 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 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.351/1924.351_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.351/1924.351_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.351/1924.351_full.tif