id:			153662
accession number:	1987.185
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.185
updated:		2025-06-10 11:10:07.364000

Aizen Myōō, early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Wood with black lacquer and red pigments; overall: 75 x 59 x 35 cm (29 1/2 x 23 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Elizabeth M. Skala, 1987.185

title:				Aizen Myōō
title in original language:	愛染明王像
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creation date:			early 1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1333
current location:		235B Japanese
creditline:			Bequest of Elizabeth M. Skala
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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
technique:	Wood with black lacquer and red pigments
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 75 x 59 x 35 cm (29 1/2 x 23 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

	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).

	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:		Modern Japan
	opening date:   2022-10-14T04:00:00
	<i>Modern Japan</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 14, 2022-June 18, 2023).

	title:		Animals in Japanese Art
	opening date:   2023-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Animals in Japanese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-December 10, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 235).</em> The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 9, 2013-November 16, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2013-04-09T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Yamaoka, Kyoto, Japan
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	(London Gallery Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1987
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1987–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 2 (February 1988): 30–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 207, p. 71; Reproduced: no. 207, p. 50
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160017

	Cunningham, Michael R. "Fierce Salvation: Comments on a Recently Acquired Japanese Sculpture." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 4 (April 1993): 140–143.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 141–142; Mentioned: pp. 140–143
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161402

	Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. <em>Masterworks of Asian art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 198–199
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	Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. <em>Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Ar</em>t. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 46
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