id:			144301
accession number:	1969.130
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.130
updated:		2019-04-18 11:25:06.217000

Buddhist Tabernacle, late 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794-1185). Black lacquer over a wood core with hemp cloth covering, gold paint, cut gold leaf, ink, mineral pigments, and metalwork; overall: 160 cm (63 in.); painted surface: 100.5 x 39 cm (39 9/16 x 15 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1969.130

title:				Buddhist Tabernacle
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creation date:			late 1100s
creation date earliest:		1175
creation date latest:		1200
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Heian period (794-1185)
technique:	black lacquer over a wood core with hemp cloth covering, gold paint, cut gold leaf, ink, mineral pigments, and metalwork
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Lacquer
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measurements: Overall: 160 cm (63 in.); Painted surface: 100.5 x 39 cm (39 9/16 x 15 3/8 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 (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		The Past Century of Nara National Museum - From Preaching Scene of Shakyamuni to Picture Scroll of Kusamakura
	opening date:   1997-04-26T00:00:00
	<i>The Past Century of Nara National Museum - From Preaching Scene of Shakyamuni to Picture Scroll of Kusamakura</i>. Nara National Museum (organizer) (April 26-June 1, 1997).

	title:		Honoring Sherman Lee
	opening date:   2009-06-28T00:00:00
	<i>Honoring Sherman Lee</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 28-August 30, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art, 1970: Year in Review 1969.<br>Nara, Japan. Nara National Museum "The Past Century of Nara National Museum - From Preaching of Shakyamuni to Picture Scroll of Kusamakura" 4/16/97 - 6/1/97<br>Nara, Japan. Nara National Museum "An Historical Reunion: Daihannyakyo Buddhist Tabernacles from The Cleveland Museum of Art and the Nara National Museum" 4/29 - 5/21/00 (exhibition showed the newly restored tabernacle with the Nara National Museum's tabernacle before our tabernacle returned from restoration).<br><br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/28/2009 - 08/30/2009); "Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art"<br><br>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237); April 23, 2013 -

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PROVENANCE

	(Shogoro Yabumoto)
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wall description: 
This tabernacle was created to house nearly 300 sutras, or religious scrolls. On the inside of the doors, fierce figures dressed in elaborate armor and decorated with gold and silver foil served as guardians for the scrolls. On the back wall, there are two stylized Sanskrit names: Shaka, the historical Buddha, on the left, and Amida, the Buddha of the Western Paradise, on the right. The whole structure is on a base of two lotuses, symbols of purity. One of a pair of known surviving tabernacles, these incredibly fine luxury objects might have been commissioned as a way of gaining religious merit during uncertain times. 
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 371
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978#page=391

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