id: 155060 accession number: 1989.76 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.76 updated: 2021-01-22 10:06:21.770000 Prince Shōtoku at Age Two (Shōtoku Taishi), early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Wood with lacquer, color, and rock-crystal inlaid eyes; overall: 68.6 cm (27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell Weir in memory of Dr. and Mrs. William Hawksley Weir 1989.76 title: Prince Shōtoku at Age Two (Shōtoku Taishi) title in original language: 聖徳太子立像（二歳像） series: series in original language: creation date: early 1300s creation date earliest: 1300 creation date latest: 1325 current location: 235B Japanese creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell Weir in memory of Dr. and Mrs. William Hawksley Weir copyright: --- culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) technique: Wood with lacquer, color, and rock-crystal inlaid eyes department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 68.6 cm (27 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1989 opening date: 1990-02-06T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1989. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990). title: Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art Through the Ages opening date: 2000-07-16T00:00:00 Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art Through the Ages. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL (organizer) (July 16, 2000-January 14, 2001). title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018 opening date: 2017-07-15T04:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1992) --- PROVENANCE Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell Weir, Cleveland, OH, ?-1989, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1989 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1989-present date: 1989- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Shotoku Taishi had several titles. One translates to "the prince of the stable door" because he was said to have been born in the imperial stables. digital description: wall description: This sculpture depicts Shōtoku Taishi (about 574–622), prince regent of Japan, in a pose indicating a particular episode from legends about his life. Shōtoku is widely recognized as a major force in the introduction of Buddhism to Japan, and a robust religious cult devoted to the prince had developed by the late 13th century. This idealized portrait commemorates the moment when the precocious prince, aged two, faced east, placed his palms together in a gesture known as gasshō, and intoned the name of the Buddha, all without having been taught the practice. The incident foreshadowed his future role as a champion of Buddhism. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 77, no. 2, 1990, pp. 38–78. page number: Reproduced: no. 225, p. 51, 79 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160106 Perkins, Larry David. Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art Through the Ages. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, 2000. page number: Reproduced: fig. 35, pp. 30, 74 url: Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005. page number: Reproduced: p. 47 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.76/1989.76_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.76/1989.76_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.76/1989.76_full.tif