id:			86400
accession number:	2015.137
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.137
updated:		2023-02-06 16:10:58.624000

Kasuga Shrine Mandala, early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk ; overall: 193.6 x 58.8 cm (76 1/4 x 23 1/8 in.); painting only: 110 x 40.9 cm (43 5/16 x 16 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2015.137

title:				Kasuga Shrine Mandala
title in original language:	春日宮曼荼羅図
series:				
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creation date:			early 1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1333
current location:		
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk 
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 193.6 x 58.8 cm (76 1/4 x 23 1/8 in.); Painting only: 110 x 40.9 cm (43 5/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見
	opening date:   2019-04-09T04:00:00
	<i>Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-June 30, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, Japan
	date: before 1978
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	(Tokyo Art Club auction, Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. Tajima of London Gallery)
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	(London Gallery, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-2015
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2015-
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fun fact:
Sacred deer, the vehicles of the Kasuga deities, move about the shrine compound.

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wall description:
A golden path beginning at the bottom of this painting leads up to four red-and-white buildings to the left, then to a fifth building on the right. These are the five shrine halls of Kasuga Taisha in Nara. Above and beyond the buildings is a sacred mountain range––with Mount Mikasa at center, Mount Wakakusa in gold to the left, and the sun or moon rising up behind the mountains. Sacred deer appear here and there. Five figures representing the original Buddhist forms of the five kami of the shrine complex stand on clouds above the mountains.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 84–85
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	Vilbar, Sinéad, and Kevin Gray Carr. <em>Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 98-99, no. 36
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.137/2015.137_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.137/2015.137_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.137/2015.137_full.tif