id:			144291
accession number:	1969.126
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.126
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:22.484000

Guardian Figure, 1000s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Wood with polychromy and kirikane (cut-gold); overall: 93.2 cm (36 11/16 in.); figure: 78.1 cm (30 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1969.126

title:				Guardian Figure
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creation date:			1000s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1099
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
technique:	wood with polychromy and kirikane (cut-gold)
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 93.2 cm (36 11/16 in.); Figure: 78.1 cm (30 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Tokyo, National Institute of Research on Important Cultural Properties, 1967: Wood Sculpture of the Heian Period in Commemoration of the Founding of the Institute.', 'opening_date': '1967-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, 1970: Year in Review 1969.', 'opening_date': '1969-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Japan House Gallery, New York, 1981: One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650) from The Cleveland Museum of Art.', 'opening_date': '1981-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Yasunosuke Ogiwara)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 22-23, no. 7
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IMAGES

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