id: 136319
accession number: 1960.197
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Buddha of Infinite Life and Light (Amida Nyorai), 1269. Kōshun (Japanese, active mid-1200s), assisted by Koshin (Japanese, active mid-1200s), assisted by Joshun (Japanese, active mid-1200s). Cypress with lacquer, color, gold, cut gold, rock-crystal inlaid eyes, and quartz; overall: 94.6 cm (37 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1960.197
title: Buddha of Infinite Life and Light (Amida Nyorai)
title in original language: 阿弥陀如来像
series:
series in original language:
creation date: 1269
creation date earliest: 1269
creation date latest: 1269
current location: 235B Japanese
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
copyright:
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culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
technique: Cypress with lacquer, color, gold, cut gold, rock-crystal inlaid eyes, and quartz
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
* Kōshun (Japanese, active mid-1200s) - artist
* Koshin (Japanese, active mid-1200s) - artist
* Joshun (Japanese, active mid-1200s) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 94.6 cm (37 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
opening date: 1960-11-30T05:00:00
Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
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: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018
opening date: 2017-07-15T04:00:00
Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650) from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Japan House Gallery, New York, NY (March 19-May 17, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-03-19T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Shitenno-ji Temple, Osaka, Japan
date: by 1931 or 1941
footnotes:
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Ikeda Publ.: Ikeda Daisendo, Kobijutsu shuho, II (Kyoto, 1931), pls. 37, 38.
publication date either 1931 or 1941
citations:
(Mayuyama and Company, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1960
footnotes:
citations:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1960–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Ikeda, Shōtarō 池田庄太郎. Ikeda Daisendō kobijutsu shūhō 池田大仙堂古美術集芳. Ōsaka: Ikeda Shōtarō, 1941.
page number: Reproduced: pls. 37, 38
url:
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review| 1960.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 47, no. 10, 1960, pp. 223–254.
page number: Mentioned: no. 19, p. 251; Reproduced: no. 19, p. 232
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142422
Lee, Sherman E. “The Divine: And the Terrible.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 1 (January 1961): 5–9.
page number: Reproduced: p. 6, fig. 1
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142429
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
Lee, Sherman E., Michael R. Cunningham, and Ursula Korneitchouk. One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: Japan Society, 1981.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 11, p. 31
url:
Yoshiyasu, Tanaka, Kimiko Steiner, and Michael R. Cunningham. "The Statue of Amida Nyorai (Amitabha) Made by Kōshun." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 10 (1993): 378-93.
page number: Reproduced: cover, p. 379-81; Mentioned: pp. 378-393
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161434
Yoshiyasu, Tanaka, Kimiko Steiner, and Michael R. Cunningham. “The Statue of Amida Nyorai (Amitabha) Made by Kōshun.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 10 (December 1993): 378–393.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 378–393; Reproduced: pp. Cover, 379, 380, 381
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161434
Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 34
url:
Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 106–107
url:
"Reopening of the Asian Galleries at The Cleveland Museum of Art: An Interview with David Franklin." Orientations: The Magazine for Collectors and Connoisseurs of Asian Art, vol. 44, no. 8 (November/December 2013): pp. 60-63.
page number: Reproduced: p. 61
url:
Dobbins, James C. Behold the Buddha: Religious Meanings of Japanese Buddhist Icons. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2020.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 8-9, fig. 5
url:
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