id: 130316 accession number: 1952.90 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.90 updated: Bodhisattva, c. 1200–1250. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Lacquered wood with color, gilt copper and cut-gold (kirikane); with base: 76.2 cm (30 in.); without base: 55.9 cm (22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1952.90 title: Bodhisattva title in original language: 観音菩薩像 series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1200–1250 creation date earliest: 1200 creation date latest: 1250 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) technique: lacquered wood with color, gilt copper and cut-gold (kirikane) department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: with base: 76.2 cm (30 in.); without base: 55.9 cm (22 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE T. Hara, Yokohama, Japan date: footnotes: citations: (Hollis & Company) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This sculpture represents one of two bodhisattvas who flank the Buddha Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Life and Light. He has one foot in front of the other and his right leg bent at the knee to show that he is in motion; his torso also sways. He accompanies Amida as he descends to collect a dying person who has asked to be born after death into Amida’s Pure Land, a place conducive to progressing along the path to enlightenment. --- 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. 907 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 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 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. 371 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n391 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.90/1952.90_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.90/1952.90_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.90/1952.90_full.tif