id:			136952
accession number:	1961.423
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.423
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The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu), 1200s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk; image: 78.1 x 63.5 cm (30 3/4 x 25 in.); overall: 163.2 x 83.8 cm (64 1/4 x 33 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1961.423

title:				The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu)
title in original language:	五秘密菩薩像
series:				
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
current location:		
creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Image: 78.1 x 63.5 cm (30 3/4 x 25 in.); Overall: 163.2 x 83.8 cm (64 1/4 x 33 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1998-02-21T00:00:00
	<i>Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

	title:		The Cooperative Program of the Conservation of Japanese Art Objects in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2001-05-24T00:00:00
	<i>The Cooperative Program of the Conservation of Japanese Art Objects in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 29, 2013-December 23, 2013).

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PROVENANCE

	Satohiro Katano, Tokyo; Taro Masuda, Odawara.
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	(Inosuke Setsu [1897-1969], Tokyo, Japan, ?-1961, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1961
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1961-present
	date: 1961-
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fun fact: 
The bodhisattva Kongōsatta wears a crown containing figures of the Five Wisdom Buddhas.

digital description: 
The Secret Five were used in a Buddhist ritual to convert negative aspects of consciousness into positive ones. At the center is Kongōsatta, who represents the enlightened mind. He is surrounded by enlightened beings who convert the human frailties of desire, sensory pleasure, passion, and pride into constructive tools to use on the path to enlightenment.

wall description: 
The Secret Five bodhisattvas were used in a ritual to convert negative aspects of consciousness into positive ones. Bodhisattvas are beings far along the path of enlightenment, who selflessly help others attain enlightenment. At the center is Kongōsatta, who represents the enlightened mind. He is surrounded by divine beings who convert the human frailties of desire, sensory pleasure, passion, and pride into constructive tools to use on the path to enlightenment.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Gohimitsu Bosatsu,” August 15, 1962, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0992

	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. 276
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n300

	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. 276
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n300

	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. 373
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n393

	<em>Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara</em> [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展 : クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 84, cat. no. 53
	url:		

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