id: 127952
accession number: 1950.581
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Processional Mask of a Bodhisattva, late 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Wood, lacquered and painted; overall: 22 x 16 cm (8 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.581
title: Processional Mask of a Bodhisattva
title in original language: 行道面・菩薩
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creation date: late 1100s
creation date earliest: 1150
creation date latest: 1199
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
technique: wood, lacquered and painted
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 22 x 16 cm (8 11/16 x 6 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: Japanese Arts of the Heian Period
opening date: 1967-10-05T04:00:00
Japanese Arts of the Heian Period. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 5, 1967-February 19, 1968); Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (January 17-February 25, 1968).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Japanese Arts of the Heian Period: 794-1185. Asia House Gallery, New York City, NY (October 5-December 17, 1967) and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (January 17-February 25, 1968).', 'opening_date': '1967-10-05T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650) from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Japan House Gallery, New York, NY (March 19-May 17, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-03-19T00:00:00'}
* {'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, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1950
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1950–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Milliken, William M. “Important Acquisitions of Japanese Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 38, no. 9 (November 1951), pp. 211–217.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 212, 217; Reproduced: [no page number, after p. 212]
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. 905
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. 274
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n298
Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. Japanese Art in the West. [Tokyo]: Mayuyama & Co, 1966.
page number: Mentioned: p. 343; Reproduced: p. 35, pl. 42
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Rosenfield, John M. Japanese Arts of the Heian Period, 794-1185. New York: Asia Society, 1967.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 77 and 118, cat. no. 33
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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. 274
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n298
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. 370
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n390
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, 1978.
page number: Mentioned: vol. 8, no. 97, p. 156; Reproduced: color pl. 97
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Shimizu Zenzō, "Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada," Bukkyō geijutsu [佛教藝術= Ars Buddhica] , no. 126 (September 1979), part I, pp. 67–88.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 74, fig. 27
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Tanabe, Saburōsuke 田辺三郎助. Gyōdōmen to shishigashira 行道面と獅子頭. Tōkyō: 至文堂, Shōwa 昭和56 (1981).
page number: Reproduced: p. 63, fig. 126
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Lee, Sherman E., Michael R. Cunningham, and Ursula Korneitchouk. 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: pp. 24–25, no. 8
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Hempel, Rose. The Golden Age of Japan, 794-1192. Translated by Katherine Watson. New York: Rizzoli, 1983.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 159, p. 164
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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. 183, fig. 7.18
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