id:			148831
accession number:	1976.72
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.72
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Wisdom King of Great Awe-inspiring Power (Daiitoku Myōō), mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk; The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1976.72

title:				Wisdom King of Great Awe-inspiring Power (Daiitoku Myōō)
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creation date:			mid-1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1850
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017
	opening date:   2017-01-09T05:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1977: "Year in Review 1976," CMA Bulletin LXIV (February, 1977), cat. no. 152, p. 79, reproduced p. 67.

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digital description: 
In Esoteric Buddhism, there is one Buddha at the center of the universe, and four additional Buddhas, each of whom occupies one of the four cardinal directions. These Buddhas also manifest themselves in fierce forms called Kings of Brightness (myōō), or Wisdom Kings. Daiitoku is an avatar of the Buddha Amida and manages the west.

wall description: 
In Esoteric Buddhism, there is one Buddha at the center of the universe, and four additional Buddhas, each of whom occupies one of the four cardinal directions. These Buddhas also manifest themselves in fierce forms called Kings of Brightness (myōō), or Wisdom Kings. Daiitoku is an avatar of the Buddha Amida and manages the west. This dynamic representation of the deity, with his bull lunging through rough waves and his arms in position to wield his weapons, differs from many earlier Japanese paintings of the deity, which tend to portray him in a more sedentary fashion, standing on a bull or seated on a rock and with his arms in more stable poses.
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CITATIONS

	Koyama-Richard, Brigitte. <em>Animaux Dans La Peinture Japonaise</em>. Lyon: Nouvelles éditions Scala, 2020.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 168
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