id:			172573
accession number:	2015.63
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.63
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:46.355000

Descent of the Nine Luminaries and the Seven Stars at Kasuga, mid- to late 1300s. Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336-92). Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and cut gold on silk; mounted: 184.5 x 58.5 cm (72 5/8 x 23 1/16 in.); painting only: 106 x 42 cm (41 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.); with knobs: 184.5 x 63.5 cm (72 5/8 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Lillian M. Kern Memorial Fund 2015.63

title:				Descent of the Nine Luminaries and the Seven Stars at Kasuga
title in original language:	北斗九曜春日降臨図
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creation date:			mid- to late 1300s
creation date earliest:		1336
creation date latest:		1392
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creditline:			Lillian M. Kern Memorial Fund
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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: 184.5 x 58.5 cm (72 5/8 x 23 1/16 in.); Painting only: 106 x 42 cm (41 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.); with knobs: 184.5 x 63.5 cm (72 5/8 x 25 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese and Korean Gallery Rotation
	opening date:   2015-07-06T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese and Korean Gallery Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (July 6, 2015-January 4, 2016).

	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

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 235)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 20-November 16, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2015-07-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Piasa Auction house, Paris, France, June 13, 2014, Lot. 261, sold to Leighton R. Longhi Inc.)
	date: June 13, 2014
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	(Leighton R. Longhi Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2014-15
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2015-
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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: P. 84-85
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	Vilbar, Sinéad. "A Celestial Landing: The Seven Stars and the Nine Celestials Descending at Kasuga." <em>Arts of Asia</em> 48, no. 3(May-June 2018): 68-77.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 68, fig. 1; p. 72, fig. 8 (detail)
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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. 242-245, no. 96
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	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. 49, fig. 30
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