id: 134430 accession number: 1956.87 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.87 updated: 2023-05-13 11:08:22.328000 The Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School, early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Handscroll; ink, color and gold on paper; image: 29.7 x 1232.4 cm (11 11/16 x 485 3/16 in.); overall: 30.3 x 1373.5 cm (11 15/16 x 540 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt, John L. Severance, and Edward L. Whittemore Funds 1956.87 title: The Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School title in original language: 融通念仏縁起絵巻 series: series in original language: creation date: early 1300s creation date earliest: 1300 creation date latest: 1333 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt, John L. Severance, and Edward L. Whittemore Funds copyright: --- culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) technique: Handscroll; ink, color and gold on paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Handscroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Image: 29.7 x 1232.4 cm (11 11/16 x 485 3/16 in.); Overall: 30.3 x 1373.5 cm (11 15/16 x 540 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Japanese Decorative Style opening date: 1961-08-30T04:00:00 Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961). title: Japanese Picture Scrolls opening date: 1974-10-09T04:00:00 Japanese Picture Scrolls. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (October 9-November 24, 1974). title: Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings in Western Collections opening date: 1979-10-11T04:00:00 Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings in Western Collections. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 11-December 9, 1979); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (March 27-May 11, 1980). title: Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art opening date: 1983-03-16T04:00:00 Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-May 1, 1983). title: Emaki opening date: 1987-03-21T05:00:00 Emaki. Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, Japan (organizer) (March 21-April 30, 1987). 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: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00 Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009). title: Honen: The Life and Art of the Founder of the Pure Land Buddhist Sect opening date: 2011-03-26T00:00:00 Honen: The Life and Art of the Founder of the Pure Land Buddhist Sect. Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, Japan (organizer) (March 26-May 8, 2011). title: Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2014-01-15T00:00:00 Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014). title: Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見 opening date: 2019-04-09T04:00:00 Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-June 30, 2019). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 11-July 13, 2004). * Masterpieces of Japanese Art. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (October 4-November 30, 1969) --- PROVENANCE Kashima Seibei, 19th century. date: footnotes: citations: (Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1956 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1956– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The other scroll from this two-scroll set belongs to the Art Institute of Chicago. digital description: wall description: This painting is the second of a set of two illustrated handscrolls. The first scroll depicts the biography of the Japanese Buddhist monk Ryōnin. This scroll begins with scenes of Ryōnin’s death and relates episodes illustrating the efficacy of following his teachings. Ryōnin asserted the total interconnectedness of all things and the spiritual benefit of intoning the name of the Buddha Amida for one another. --- 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. 914 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n161 Lee, Sherman E. Japanese Decorative Style. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961. page number: Reproduced: p. 5; cat. no. 20 url: https://archive.org/details/JapaneseDecorativeStyle/page/n17 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. 277 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n301 Masterpieces of Japanese Art; [Catalogue of the Exhibition] October 4 Through November 30, 1969, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1969. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 24 url: 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. 374 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n394 Lee, Sherman E, Ursula Korneitchouk, Michael R Cunningham, Ursula Korneitchouk, Cleveland Museum of Art, Japan House Gallery, Japan Society (New York, N.Y.), and Japan House Gallery. One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue. New York: Japan Society, 1981. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 40-41, no. 19 url: Grotennuis, Elizabeth Ten. "Visions of a Transcendent Realm: Pure Land Images in the Cleveland Museum of Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 7 (1991): 274-300. page number: Mentioned: p. 298, 274 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161334 Cleveland Museum of Art. Tōyō kaiga no seika: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara : tokubetsuten. 1998. page number: Reproduced: p.96-97, cat. no. 63 url: Admired from afar: masterworks of Japanese painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art [クリーブランド美術館展 : 名画でたどる日本の美 Kurīburando Bijutsukan ten: meiga de tadoru Nihon no bi ]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 2014. page number: Reproduced: p. 38-43, cat. no. 7 url: Vilbar, Sinéad. “Shinto Masterworks: Rarely seen Japanese treasures offer encounters with the divine." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 30-31. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 31. url: Vilbar, Sinéad, and Kevin Gray Carr. Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 256-261, no. 101 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.87/1956.87_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.87/1956.87_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.87/1956.87_full.tif