id:			160916
accession number:	1999.195
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.195
updated:		2019-11-18 12:08:08.797000

Miroku (Maitreya), 1300s. Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336-92). Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold, and cut gold on silk; mounted: 197 x 58.7 cm (77 9/16 x 23 1/8 in.); painting only: 110.6 x 40.7 cm (43 9/16 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Rosemarie and Leighton Longhi in memory of Robert P. Bergman 1999.195

title:				Miroku (Maitreya)
title in original language:	弥勒菩薩像
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creation date:			1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			Gift of Rosemarie and Leighton Longhi in memory of Robert P. Bergman
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culture:	Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336-92)
technique:	Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold, and cut gold on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Mounted: 197 x 58.7 cm (77 9/16 x 23 1/8 in.); Painting only: 110.6 x 40.7 cm (43 9/16 x 16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January 2018-July 2018
	opening date:   2018-01-02T05:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January 2018-July 2018</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 2-July 9, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
In this image the figure of Miroku, Maitreya in Sanskrit, is richly adorned with gauzy fabrics, opulent jewels, and an intricate gold crown containing five seated Buddhas. Buddhist teachings say that Miroku will descend to Earth as a Buddha to restore Buddhist doctrine at the end of a long period of decline. Here he is represented as a bodhisattva, a being who has attained enlightenment but has chosen to postpone becoming a Buddha to help others reach enlightenment. Above the painting, three inscriptions present portions of a sacred text related to Miroku. A close look at the bodhisattva’s right side where fragile pigments have fallen away reveals writing on the back of the silk on which the image is painted— something its mounters never expected to be seen.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Longhi, Leighton R. <em>Leighton R. Longhi: Forty-Five Years in Asian Art.</em> [New York, N.Y.]: Leighton R. Longhi, 2019.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 35, fig. 6
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