id: 148831 accession number: 1976.72 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.72 updated: 2023-01-11 04:23:45.531000 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) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: mid-1800s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1850 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review, 1976 opening date: 1977-02-01T05:00:00 Year in Review, 1976. 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 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1977: "Year in Review 1976," CMA Bulletin LXIV (February, 1977), cat. no. 152, p. 79, reproduced p. 67. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Koyama-Richard, Brigitte. Animaux Dans La Peinture Japonaise. Lyon: Nouvelles éditions Scala, 2020. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 168 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.72/1976.72_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.72/1976.72_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.72/1976.72_full.tif