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accession number: 1950.86.a
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Buddha of the Future (Miroku Bosatsu), late 600s. Japan, Asuka period (538–710). Cast bronze, incised, with traces of gilding; figure: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.86.a
title: Buddha of the Future (Miroku Bosatsu)
title in original language: 弥勒菩薩像
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creation date: late 600s
creation date earliest: 675
creation date latest: 699
current location: 235B Japanese
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Japan, Asuka period (538–710)
technique: cast bronze, incised, with traces of gilding
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
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measurements: Figure: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Japanese Art in America
opening date: 1960-04-19T05:00:00
Japanese Art in America. The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA (April 19-May 15, 1960).
title: Evolution of the Buddha Image
opening date: 1963-05-07T04:00:00
Evolution of the Buddha Image. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (May 7-June 30, 1963).
title: Rinpa (琳派)
opening date: 2021-04-23T04:00:00
Rinpa (琳派). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23-October 3, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Special Loan Exhibition of Art treasures from Japan. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (September-October 1936).', 'opening_date': '1936-09-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Masterpieces of Japanese Art. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (October 4-November 30, 1969)', 'opening_date': '1969-10-04T00:00:00'}
* {'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'}
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PROVENANCE
Kansetsu Hashimoto 橋本関雪 [1883–1945] to Hollis and Company
date: ?by October 1936–?
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(Hollis and Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ? after 1936–1950
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1950–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Edgell, George Harold. Illustrated Catalogue of a Special Loan Exhibition of Art Treasures from Japan. [Tokyo, Japan]: [Sanseido Press], 1936.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 6
url:
Tomita, Kojiro. “The Special Exhibition of Art Treasures from Japan.” Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, vol. 34, no. 205, 1936, pp. 64–77.
page number: Reproduced: p. 66
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4170599
“Front Matter.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 37, no. 10, 1950.
page number: Reproduced: cover
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141669
Milliken, William M. “A Miroku of the Suiko Period.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 37, no. 10, 1950, pp. 203–204.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 203-204
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141670
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. 896
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n158
“Annual Report of the Year 1958.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 6 (June 1959): 111–158.
page number: Reproduced: p. 114
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Bingham, Woodbridge, Hilary Conroy, and Frank William Iklé. A History of Asia. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1964.
page number:
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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 繭山順吉. Japanese Art in the West. [Tokyo]: Mayuyama & Co, 1966.
page number: Mentioned: p. 341; Reproduced: p. 4, pl. 2
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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
Masterpieces of Japanese Art; [Catalogue of the Exhibition] October 4 Through November 30, 1969, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 6
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Morant, Henry de, and Gérald Gassiot-Talabot. Histoire des arts décoratifs, des origines à nos jours. Suivie de Le design et les tendances actuelles. [Paris]: Hachette, 1970.
page number: Reproduced: p. 99, no. 176
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Paine, Robert Treat, and Alexander Coburn Soper. The Art and Architecture of Japan. Harmondsworth, Eng: Penguin Books, 1975.
page number: Mentioned: p. 39; Reproduced: p. 38, fig. 10
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The Sun, no 21 (Winter 1977), Special Issue, "Japanese Art in the World."
page number: Reproduced: p. 6, fig. 2
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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. 368
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n388
Moore, Janet Gaylord. The Eastern Gate : An Invitation to the Arts of China and Japan. Cleveland: Collins, 1979.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 165 and 178
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Shimizu, Zenzo 清水善三. "Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada." Ars Buddhica 佛教藝術, no. 126, part I (September 1979), pp. 67–88.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 10
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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. 14–15, no. 1
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Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 182–183
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May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Mentioned: no. 86, pp. 80–81, p. 119; Reproduced: p. 81
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Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 72–73
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Lin, Nancy. "5000 Years of Korean Art: Exhibitions abroad as cultural diplomacy." Journal of the History of Collections Vol. 28, no. 3 (2016): 383-400.
page number: Reproduced: P. 396, fig. 9
url:
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. 182–183, fig. 7.17
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