id:			147039
accession number:	1972.64
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.64
updated:		2025-04-16 18:14:34.193000

Thunder God (Raijin), 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Wood with traces of gesso and red and black pigment; overall: 66.7 cm (26 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1972.64

title:				Thunder God (Raijin)
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creation date:			1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
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:	wood with traces of gesso and red and black pigment
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 66.7 cm (26 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	title:		Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan
	opening date:   1976-11-04T05:00:00
	<i>Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan</i>. 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
	<i>Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-May 1, 1983).

	title:		Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen
	opening date:   1984-08-01T04:00:00
	<i>Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1-October 14, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Setsu Gatoda Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1972
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1972–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1972.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 3 (March 1973): 63–115.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 65, 115; Reproduced: no. 329, p. 99
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

	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. 372
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n392

	Shimizu Zenzō, "Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada," <em>Bukkyō geijutsu</em> [佛教藝術= Ars Buddhica] , no. 126 (September 1979), part I, pp. 67–88.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 16, p. 71
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