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
	<i>Year in Review for 1986</i>. 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
	<i>Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art</i>. 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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wall description:
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.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, 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.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em> 41 (1988): 95–110.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 98, fig. 9
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20111187

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