id:			157544
accession number:	1994.77.b
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.77.b
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Manjusuri and Sea Turtle, 1989. Oda Mayumi (Japanese, b. 1941). One of a diptych of color screenprints; irregular: 97.5 x 65.5 cm (38 3/8 x 25 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 1994.77.b © Oda Mayumi

title:				Manjusuri and Sea Turtle
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creation date:			1989
creation date earliest:		1989
creation date latest:		1989
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creditline:			Gift of the Artist
copyright:			© Oda Mayumi

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culture:	Japan, Heisei period (1989-2019)
technique:	One of a diptych of color screenprints
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Screenprint
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Oda Mayumi (Japanese, b. 1941)  - artist

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measurements: Irregular: 97.5 x 65.5 cm (38 3/8 x 25 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		East Meets West:  Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints
	opening date:   2000-03-19T00:00:00
	<i>East Meets West:  Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000).

	title:		Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235
	opening date:   2022-04-08T04:00:00
	<i>Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).

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PROVENANCE

	Mayumi Oda [b. 1941], Sausalito, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1989–94
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1994–
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The Japanese term for substituting an unexpected figure for a conventional one is <em>mitate</em> (見立), or “stand-in.” Oda Mayumi applies the device, popular in ukiyo-e prints of the Edo period (1615–1868), to Monju (Manjushri in Sanskrit), a bodhisattva—a being among those considered enlightened in Buddhism—who symbolizes wisdom. One form of this bodhisattva depicts him as a child with his hair in knots. Oda’s Monju is instead a woman with her hair in a similar style, who also holds a <em>nyoi</em> (如意), a staff used by Buddhist clergy when delivering formal lectures.
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