id: 153384
accession number: 1986.7
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.7
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Seated Shaka, c. 900. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Wood with lacquer and traces of color; overall: 57.2 x 46.4 x 38.1 cm (22 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1986.7
title: Seated Shaka
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creation date: c. 900
creation date earliest: 895
creation date latest: 905
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creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
technique: wood with lacquer and traces of color
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 57.2 x 46.4 x 38.1 cm (22 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 15 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review for 1986
opening date: 1987-02-04T05:00:00
Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
title: Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art
opening date: 1992-09-22T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 1992-January 3, 1993).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Ito Shobei
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Nakamura Shoichiro, Sakai, Japan
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(Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1986
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1986–
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This image of the historical Buddha is carved from one piece of wood. The distinctive pattern of thick, raised garment folds is characteristic of 9th- and 10th-century Buddhist sculpture in Japan.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 74, no. 2, 1987, pp. 38–79.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 227, p. 50; Mentioned: p. 79
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159974
“Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 1987.” Archives of Asian Art 41 (1988): 95–110.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 98, fig. 9
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20111187
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