id: 145414
accession number: 1970.67.b
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Portrait of the Zen Master Hotto Kokushi (bench), c. 1286. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Wood with hemp cloth, black lacquer, and iron clamps; overall: 36.5 x 74 x 38.1 cm (14 3/8 x 29 1/8 x 15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1970.67.b
title: Portrait of the Zen Master Hotto Kokushi (bench)
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creation date: c. 1286
creation date earliest: 1281
creation date latest: 1291
current location: 235B Japanese
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
technique: wood with hemp cloth, black lacquer, and iron clamps
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 36.5 x 74 x 38.1 cm (14 3/8 x 29 1/8 x 15 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1970
opening date: 1971-02-10T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
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: Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan
opening date: 1976-11-04T05:00:00
Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (organizer) (November 4-December 5, 1976); Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (January 13-March 27, 1977).
title: Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art
opening date: 1983-03-16T04:00:00
Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-May 1, 1983).
title: Portraiture: The Image of the Individual
opening date: 1983-11-22T05:00:00
Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).
title: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
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: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018
opening date: 2017-07-15T04:00:00
Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 235). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 15, 2013-November 16, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2013-04-15T00:00:00'}
* {'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
Myōshinji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
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(Mayuyama and Company, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1970
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1970–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Kurata, Osamu 蔵田蔵 Kumano [熊野]. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1968.
page number: Reproduced: p. 60, no. 64
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Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1970.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 58, no. 2 (February 1971): 22–71.
page number: Mentioned: no. 168, p. 72; Reproduced: no. 168, Back Cover
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152361
Lee, Sherman E. “Zen in Art: Art in Zen.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 9 (November 1972): 239–259.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 239, 251, 259, note 16a; Reproduced: pp. 248, 249, figs. 9 and 9a
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152451
Lee, Sherman E. “Noh: Masks and Robe.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 2 (February 1975): 26–35.
page number: Mentioned: p. 28, fig. 5; Reproduced: p. 29, fig. 5
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152574
Jenkins, Donald, and Robin Scribnick. Masterworks in Wood: China and Japan: [Exhibition] Portland Art Museum, November 4 Through December 5, 1976, Asia House Gallery, January 13 Through March 20, 1977. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1976.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 44, pp. 8, 9, 91
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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. 370
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n390
WVIZ-TV (Television station: Cleveland, Ohio), and Cleveland Museum of Art. The Priest of Myoshinji. [Cleveland, Ohio]: [WVIZ Television], 1978.
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url: https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/78406075
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 and Reproduced: no. 78, p. 147
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Zenzo Shimizu, "Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada," Ars Buddhica [佛教藝術], no. 126 (Sept. 1979), part I, pp. 67–88.
page number: Reproduced: p. 73, fig. 24
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Roukes, Nicholas. Masters of Wood Sculpture. New York: Watson-Guptill Publishers, 1980.
page number: Reproduced: p. 15
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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: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 42–43, no. 20
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Roberts, Laurance. "To See Japanese Art, Go to Tokyo, or Boston, or Baltimore, or Seattle." Art News, vol. 80, no. 7 (Sept. 1981).
page number: Reproduced: p. 112
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Interpretations: Sixty-Five Works from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: no. 61
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Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 190–191
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May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 15
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Liebson, Milt. Direct Wood Sculpture: Techniques, Innovation, Creativity. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub, 2001.
page number: p. 15
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Ulak, James, T. "Uncomfortable Realites: Reflecting on Sherman Lee's Hunches," Orientations, vol. 36, no. 1 (Jan/Feb. 2005), pp. 78-79.
page number: Reproduced: p. 78
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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. 38
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Ulak, James T. "The Alchemy of Selection: Lee and the Japanese Collection," Orientations vol. 40, no. 5 (2009), pp. 41–47.
page number: Reproduced: p. 41, fig. 1
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Franklin, David. The Cleveland Museum of Art - Director's choice. London: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd, 2012.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 26–27
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"Reopening of the Asian Galleries at The Cleveland Museum of Art: An Interview with David Franklin." Orientations: The Magazine for Collectors and Connoisseurs of Asian Art, vol. 44, no. 8 (November/December 2013): pp. 60–63.
page number: Reproduced: p. 63
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 30
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Dobbins, James C. Behold the Buddha: Religious Meanings of Japanese Buddhist Icons. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2020.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 199–200, fig. 85
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