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
East Meets West: Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints. 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
Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections. 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 mitate (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 nyoi (如意), a staff used by Buddhist clergy when delivering formal lectures.
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