id: 146011
accession number: 1971.21
share license status: CC0
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Monju with Five Hair Knots, late 1200s–early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold on silk; overall: 102 x 42.6 cm (40 3/16 x 16 3/4 in.); with knobs: 190.5 x 65.5 cm (75 x 25 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.21
title: Monju with Five Hair Knots
title in original language: 五髻文殊像
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creation date: late 1200s–early 1300s
creation date earliest: 1275
creation date latest: 1399
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
technique: Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold on silk
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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measurements: Overall: 102 x 42.6 cm (40 3/16 x 16 3/4 in.); with knobs: 190.5 x 65.5 cm (75 x 25 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings in Western Collections
opening date: 1979-10-11T04:00:00
Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings in Western Collections. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 11-December 9, 1979); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (March 27-May 11, 1980).
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: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
opening date: 2018-01-02T05:00:00
Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 2-July 9, 2018).
title: Animals in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation)
opening date: 2023-06-24T04:00:00
Animals in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-December 10, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Baron Kawasaki
date: by 1914
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(Haruji Fujii, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1971
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1971–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Kawasaki Shōzō 川崎正藏, and Yoshitarō Kawasaki 川崎芳太郎. Chōshunkaku kanshō [長春閣鑑賞 = Catalogue of Chinese and Japanese art in the collection of Baron Kawasaki]. Tōkyō: Kokkasha, 1914.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: vol. 1, cat. no. 9
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Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1971.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 1 (1972): 3–47.
page number: Mentioned: no. 170, p. 47; Reproduced: no. 170, p. 37
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152412
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. 372
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n392
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