id:			153733
accession number:	1987.39
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.39
updated:		2022-01-04 17:03:35.425000

Iconographical Sketch (Zuzō) for the Benevolent Kings Sutra Mandala, 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; image: 122.1 x 112.3 cm (48 1/16 x 44 3/16 in.); overall: 203.2 x 137.1 cm (80 x 54 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1987.39

title:				Iconographical Sketch (Zuzō) for the Benevolent Kings Sutra Mandala
title in original language:	仁王経曼荼羅図像
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Image: 122.1 x 112.3 cm (48 1/16 x 44 3/16 in.); Overall: 203.2 x 137.1 cm (80 x 54 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:		Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1998-02-21T00:00:00
	<i>Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

	title:		Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2014-01-15T00:00:00
	<i>Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Nara National Museum, Japan (2/21-3/29/98); Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (4/28-6/21/98) "Highlights of Asian Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art" p.82,  cat. no. 51<br>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119); October 29, 2003 - March 15, 2004.<br>Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).  Tokyo National Museum (1/15/2014 - 2/23/2014) and Kyushu National Museum (7/8/2014 - 8/31/2014):  "Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art", cat. no. 4, p. 31.

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact: 
The deity at the center is Fudō Myōō, the Immovable One.

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wall description: 
The Benevolent Kings Sutra has been a highly valued Buddhist scripture in Japan since the Nara period (710–794), when it started to be recited in a ceremony to pray for the peace and protection of the country. In the 800s, the monk Kūkai brought back from China a new translation of the text as well as Buddhist iconographic sketches to perform the rituals based on the sutra. Five scroll sets of copies of the original sketches brought by Kūkai are preserved in Daigoji and Tōji temples in Kyoto. This sketch, which has figural depictions of deities on the front and deities symbolized by objects on the back, differs in some ways from each of those sets, and represents an alternate approach to creating a mandala based on the Benevolent Kings Sutra.
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