id:			131797
accession number:	1954.373
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.373
updated:		2025-07-11 17:03:26.867000

Deity, 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Magnolia wood with traces of color; overall: 100 cm (39 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1954.373

title:				Deity
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
technique:	Magnolia wood with traces of color
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 100 cm (39 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art: The International Language
	opening date:   1956-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Art: The International Language</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

	title:		Katachi: Form and Spirit in Japanese Art
	opening date:   1980-03-02T05:00:00
	<i>Katachi: Form and Spirit in Japanese Art</i>. The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM (organizer) (March 2-June 8, 1980).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018
	opening date:   2017-07-15T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Japanese Art Exhibition</em>. Albuquerque Museum of Art, History and Science, Albuquerque, NM (1980).', 'opening_date': '1980-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Ryūzaburō Umehara 梅原 龍三郎 [1888–1986], Tokyo, Japan
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	(Hollis & Company, New York, NY and Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1954
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1954–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “A Hand and an Image of Wood.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 44, no. 1, 1957, pp. 3–9.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 7
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25142178

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 906
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n160

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 275
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n299

	Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. <em>Japanese Art in the West</em>. [Tokyo]: Mayuyama &amp; Co, 1966.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 342; Reproduced: p. 24, pl. 28
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	<em> The Human Adventure IV, grade 6, vol. I</em>. Cleveland: Educational Research Council of Greater Cleveland, 1966-1967.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 325
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 370
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n390

	Zenzo Shimizu 清水善三. "Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada," <em>Ars Buddhica</em> 佛教藝術, no. 126 (September 1979), part I, pp. 67-88.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 21
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	Mertz, Mechtild, Suyako Tazuru, Shirō Itō, and Cynthea J. Bogel. "A Group of Twelfth-Century Japanese Kami Statues and Considerations of Material Intentionality: Collaborative Research Among Wood Scientists and Art Historians." <em>Journal of Asian Humanities at Kyushu University</em>, vol. 7 (Spring 2022), pp. 127–159.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 5
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	Christie, Manson &amp; Woods. <em>Masterpieces from the Collection of Sam Josefowitz: A Lifetime of Discovery and Scholarship.</em> London: Christie's, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 126
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