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accession number: 1949.158
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Gikaku Mask of Young Persian Boy (Taikōji), 710–94. Japan, Nara period (710–94). Paulownia wood, lacquered and painted; overall: 28 x 21 x 18.5 cm (11 x 8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1949.158
title: Gikaku Mask of Young Persian Boy (Taikōji)
title in original language: 伎楽面・太孤児
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creation date: 710–94
creation date earliest: 710
creation date latest: 794
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Japan, Nara period (710–94)
technique: paulownia wood, lacquered and painted
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 28 x 21 x 18.5 cm (11 x 8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition
opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00
35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
title: The Mask
opening date: 1951-10-27T05:00:00
The Mask. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1951-January 14, 1952).
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650) from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Japan House Gallery, New York, NY (Spring 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 10, 2013-November 17, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2013-04-10T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1949
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1949-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Milliken, William M. “A Gigaku Mask.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 37, no. 8, 1950, pp. 176–178.
page number: Reproduced: cover; Mentioned; pp. 176-178
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141655
Milliken, William M. “Important Acquisitions of Japanese Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 38, no. 9, 1951, pp. 211–217.
page number: Mentioned: p. 211
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141741
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. 900
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n159
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. 273
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n297
Mayuyama, Junkichi. Japanese Art in the West. Tokyo: Mayuyama & Co, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 9, pp. 10 and 341
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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. 273
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n297
Lee, Sherman E. “Noh: Masks and Robe.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 62, no. 2, 1975, pp. 26–35.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 1, p. 27
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152574
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 369
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n389
Yamane, Yūzō 山根有三, Shūjirō Shimada 島田修二郎, and Terukazu Akiyama 秋山光和. Zaigai Nihon no shihō [在外日本の至宝 = Japanese art: selections from western collections]. Tōkyō: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1979.
page number: Reproduced: no. 93, p. 154, pl. 93
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Zenzo Shimizu, "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. 29, p. 74
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Lee, Sherman E, Ursula Korneitchouk, Michael R Cunningham, Ursula Korneitchouk, Cleveland Museum of Art, Japan House Gallery, Japan Society (New York, N.Y.), and Japan House Gallery. One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue. New York: Japan Society, 1981.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 17, no. 3
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Mizuno, Keizaburō 水野敬三郎, Hideo Okada 岡田英男, and Kazuharu Asai 浅井和春. Tōdaiji to Heijōkyō: Nara no kenchiku, chōkoku [東大寺と平城京 : 奈良の建築・彫刻 = The Sculpture and Architecture of the Nara Dynasty ]. Tōkyō: Kōdansha, 1990.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 148, p. 147
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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: pp. 180–181, fig. 7.15
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