id: 128950 accession number: 1951.540 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.540 updated: 2020-12-10 10:00:20.329000 White-Robed Kannon (Byakue Kannon), c. 1200. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; image: 91.4 x 45.1 cm (36 x 17 3/4 in.); overall: 178.4 x 64.1 cm (70 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1951.540 title: White-Robed Kannon (Byakue Kannon) title in original language: 白衣観音像 series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1200 creation date earliest: 1190 creation date latest: 1210 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) technique: hanging scroll; ink on paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Image: 91.4 x 45.1 cm (36 x 17 3/4 in.); Overall: 178.4 x 64.1 cm (70 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting opening date: 1985-10-01T04:00:00 Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1985-February 24, 1986). title: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00 Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992). title: Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1998-02-21T00:00:00 Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998). title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation opening date: 2018-07-11T04:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 11, 2018-January 7, 2019). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-November 17, 2004). --- PROVENANCE (Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1951 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1951- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Kannon is a deity of mercy and compassion in the Buddhist faith. This monochrome sketch comes from Kōzan-ji, a temple in northwest Kyoto. The subdued ink tones and plain brushwork reflect the taste of Zen Buddhism, which began to have an impact on the visual arts in 13th-century Japan. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 917 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n162 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. 277 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n301 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. 276 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n300 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. 372 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n392 Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展 : クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 83, cat. no. 52 url: Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 32 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.540/1951.540_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.540/1951.540_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.540/1951.540_full.tif