id:			132309
accession number:	1954.792
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Replica of Heavenly Musician from Horyu-ji, 1615–1868. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Camphor (hinoki) wood with traces of polychromy in vermillion red, verdigris green, gesso white, and soot black; overall: 53.7 cm (21 1/8 in.); halo: 41.6 x 23.2 cm (16 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.); figure: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1954.792

title:				Replica of Heavenly Musician from Horyu-ji
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creation date:			1615–1868
creation date earliest:		1615
creation date latest:		1868
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creditline:			Gift of the Hanna Fund
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	camphor (hinoki) wood with traces of polychromy in vermillion red, verdigris green, gesso white, and soot black
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 53.7 cm (21 1/8 in.); Halo: 41.6 x 23.2 cm (16 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.); Figure: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
	opening date:   1958-03-04T05:00:00
	<i>In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Hamamura(?), Kyoto; Z. Fuji'i, Nishinomiya
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	(Howard C. Hollis [1899-1985], 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

	Kinoshita, T. "A Wooden Image of Apsaras originally attached to the Tengai (canopy) in the Kondo of Horyu-ji," <em>Yamato Bunka</em> 大和文華, no. 12, December, 1953, pp. 67-70.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 4
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	Lee, Sherman E. “A Heavenly Musician from Hōryū-Ji.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 42, no. 9, 1955, pp. 199–201
	page number: 	Reproduced:  p. 197
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142072

	Lee, Sherman E. <em>A History of Far Eastern Art</em>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 153, fig. 182
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	Mayuyama, Junkichi. <em>Japanese Art in the West</em>. [Tokyo]: Mayuyama &amp; Co, 1966.
	page number: 	Mentioned:  p. 3; Reproduced: pl. 1, p. 341
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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. 328
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	Froncek, Thomas, and Hugh Honour. <em>The Horizon Book of the Arts of China</em>. New York: American Heritage Pub. Co, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 345
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	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:  p. 69, fig. 6
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