id:			131797
accession number:	1954.373
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.373
updated:		2021-08-28 09:00:21.065000

One of the Legion of Twenty-eight, 1100s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). 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:				One of the Legion of Twenty-eight
title in original language:	二十八部衆の内
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333)
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

* <em>Japanese Art Exhibition</em>. Albuquerque Museum of Art, History and Science, Albuquerque, NM (1980).

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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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fun fact: 


digital description: 
The simple carving technique seen in this figure is often used for sculptures of Shinto deities (kami), but his hairstyle, adornments, and garments identify him as a deity from the heavenly realm of Buddhism. He belongs to a large group that represents the 28 heavenly beings who protect and serve the bodhisattva Kannon in his thousand-armed manifestation.

wall description: 
This sculpture belongs to a large group thought to have come from Izumo in Shimane prefecture. The simple carving technique seen in the figure is often used for sculptures of Shinto deities (kami). His hairstyle, adornments, and garments identify him as a deity from the heavenly realm of Buddhism. Together, the group of sculptures represents the 28 heavenly beings who protect and serve the bodhisattva Kannon in his thousand-armed manifestation.
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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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IMAGES

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