id: 137057
accession number: 1961.48
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Sun Bodhisattva (Nikkō Bosatsu), c. 800. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Japanese nutmeg-yew wood with traces of color and gold; overall: 46.7 cm (18 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1961.48
title: Sun Bodhisattva (Nikkō Bosatsu)
title in original language: 日光菩薩像
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creation date: c. 800
creation date earliest: 795
creation date latest: 805
current location: 235B Japanese
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
technique: Japanese nutmeg-yew wood with traces of color and gold
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 46.7 cm (18 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1961)
opening date: 1961-11-01T05:00:00
Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
title: Japanese Arts of the Heian Period
opening date: 1967-10-05T04:00:00
Japanese Arts of the Heian Period. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 5, 1967-February 19, 1968); Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (January 17-February 25, 1968).
title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
title: The Twain Shall Meet
opening date: 1985-10-30T05:00:00
The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
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: Rinpa (琳派)
opening date: 2021-04-23T04:00:00
Rinpa (琳派). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23-October 3, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Japanese Arts of the Heian Period: 794-1185. Asia House Gallery, New York City, NY (October 5-December 17, 1967) and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (January 17-February 25, 1968).', 'opening_date': '1967-10-05T00:00:00'}
* {'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
(Setsu Inosuke 濑津伊之助 [1897–1969], Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1961
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1961–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 9, 1961, pp. 219–251.
page number: Mentioned: no. 42, p. 249; Reproduced: no. 42, p. 225
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142473
Lee, Sherman E. “Nikkō, the Sun Bodhisattva.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 10, 1961, pp. 259–265.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 259–265; Reproduced: figs. 1-3
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142478
“Oriental Art Recently Acquired by American Museums.” Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, vol. 16, 1962, pp. 104–124.
page number: Reproduced: p. 106, fig. 8
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20067049
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. 274
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n298
The Human Adventure IV, grade 6, vol. I. Cleveland: Educational Research Council of Greater Cleveland, 1966-1967.
page number: Reproduced: p. 237
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Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. Japanese Art in the West. [Tokyo]: Mayuyama & Co, 1966.
page number: Mentioned: p. 342; Reproduced: p. 16, pl. 17
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Selected Works: Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
page number: no. 70
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Rosenfield, John M. Japanese Arts of the Heian Period, 794-1185. New York, NY: Asia Society, 1967.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 11
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Oriental Art, vol. 13, no. 4 (Winter 1967).
page number: Reproduced: p. 244
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Brozostoski, John. "Art in the Serene Capital of No." Arts Magazine (Sept.-Oct. 1967).
page number: Reproduced: p. 38
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Rosenfield, John M. Japanese Arts of the Heian Period, 794-1185. [New York]: Asia Society, 1967.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 8 and 112, cat. no. 11
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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. 274
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n298
Praeger Encyclopedia of Art. London: Pall Mall Press, Ltd., 1971.
page number: Reproduced: vol. 3, p. 1053
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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. 369
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n389
Yamane, Yūzō 山根有三, Shūjirō Shimada 島田修二郎, and Terukazu Akiyama 秋山光和. Zaigai Nihon no shihō [在外日本の至宝 = Japanese Art: Selections from Western Collections, vol. 8 ]. Tōkyō: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1979.
page number: Mentioned: no. 17, p. 123; Reproduced: color plate 17
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Moore, Janet Gaylord. The Eastern Gate: An Invitation to the Arts of China and Japan. Cleveland, OH: Collins, 1979.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 177 and 179
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Zenzo Shimizu 清水善三. "Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada," Ars Buddhica 佛教藝術, no. 126 (September 1979), part I, pp. 67-88.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 6
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Roukes, Nicholas. Masters of Wood Sculpture. New York: Watson-Guptill Publishers, 1980.
page number: Reproduced: p. 14
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Lee, Sherman E., Michael R. Cunningham, and Ursula Korneitchouk. One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue. New York: Japan Society, 1981.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 1
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"Asian Art in American Museums." Sculpture Review, XXXIII, no. 3 (Fall 1984).
page number: p. 22
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Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 343, fig. 33
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914
Yamane, Yūzō 山根有三, Takashi Hamada 山根有三, et al. Zaigai bijutsu [在外美術 = Selections of Japanese Art from Western Collections]. Tōkyō: Shōgakukan, 1994.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 213, 237, no. 120.
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Liebson, Milt. Direct Wood Sculpture: Techniques, Innovation, Creativity. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub, 2001.
page number: p. 13
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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. 20
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Rosenfield, John M. "Sherman Lee: Early Encounters with Asian Art," Orientations, (Jan/Feb. 2005) vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 46-47.
page number: Reproduced: p. 46
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Filler, Martin. "The Global Eye of Sherman Lee": The Magazine Antiques, (October 2008), pp. 122–129.
page number: Reproduced: title page and pp. 122–123
url:
Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 21
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