id:			136952
accession number:	1961.423
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.423
updated:		2025-04-16 18:12:43.947000

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
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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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
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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, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings in Western Collections
	opening date:   1979-10-11T04:00:00
	<i>Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings in Western Collections</i>. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 11-December 9, 1979); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (March 27-May 11, 1980).

	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).

	title:		Japanese art rotation
	opening date:   2019-08-19T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 19, 2019-January 5, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 29, 2013-December 23, 2013).', 'opening_date': '2013-05-29T00:00:00'}

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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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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

	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. <em>One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue</em>. New York: Japan Society, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 14-15, no. 1
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	<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
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IMAGES

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