id:			148350
accession number:	1975.65
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.65
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:38.453000

En no Gyōja, 1200s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Wood; average: 74.9 cm (29 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.65

title:				En no Gyōja
title in original language:	役行者像
series:				
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
technique:	wood
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Average: 74.9 cm (29 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1975
	opening date:   1976-02-03T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1975</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 3-March 7, 1976).

	title:		日本の仏教を築いた人びと: その肖像と書 (Those Who Built Japanese Buddhism: Portraits and Calligraphy)
	opening date:   1981-04-29T04:00:00
	<i>日本の仏教を築いた人びと: その肖像と書 (Those Who Built Japanese Buddhism: Portraits and Calligraphy)</i>. Nara National Museum, Nara 630, Japan (organizer) (April 29-June 7, 1981).

	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:		Saints and Hermits - Peoples in Serenity Deep in the Nature
	opening date:   1999-04-27T00:00:00
	<i>Saints and Hermits - Peoples in Serenity Deep in the Nature</i>. Nara National Museum, Nara 630, Japan (organizer) (April 27-May 30, 1999).

	title:		The World of Enno-Gyoja and Shugendoh:  Secret Treasures of Mountain Asceticism
	opening date:   1999-09-11T00:00:00
	<i>The World of Enno-Gyoja and Shugendoh:  Secret Treasures of Mountain Asceticism</i>. Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (September 11-October 17, 1999); Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan (organizer) (November 2-December 5, 1999).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018
	opening date:   2017-07-15T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018).

	title:		Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見
	opening date:   2019-04-09T04:00:00
	<i>Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-June 30, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Buddhist Portraiture</em>. Nara National Museum, Nara, Japan (April 29-June 7, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-04-29T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(R. Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1975
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1975-
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		170223
	Seated Zenki, 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Wood with pigment; overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Art - Japanese/Korean and Lillian Kern Memorial Fund 2012.40.1
	relationship: 	

	id: 		170224
	Seated Koki, 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Wood with pigment; overall: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Art - Japanese/Korean and Lillian Kern Memorial Fund 2012.40.2
	relationship: 	

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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. 370
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n390

	Ōsaka Shiritsu Bijutsukan, and Tōbu Bijutsukan. <em>En no gyōja to shugendō no sekai: sangaku shinkō no hihō: En no gyōja Shinpen Daibosatsu</em> <em>1300-nen onki kinen </em>[役行者と修験道の世界: 山岳信仰の秘宝: 役行者神變大菩薩 1300年遠忌記念 = The World of Enno-Gyoja and Shugendoh: Secret Treasures of Mountain Asceticism]. [Japan]: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1999.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 5, p. 10
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