id:			395238
accession number:	2020.215.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.215.2
updated:		2023-05-23 11:06:52.011000

One of a Pair of Guardian Figures (Zuishin), c. 1560–1625. Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573) to Edo period (1615-1858). Japanese cypress (hinoki) with traces of color; crystal; 68.5 x 71.4 cm (26 15/16 x 28 1/8 in.); 70.2 x 70.5 cm (27 5/8 x 27 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2020.215.2

title:				One of a Pair of Guardian Figures (Zuishin)
title in original language:	随身像
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creation date:			c. 1560–1625
creation date earliest:		1555
creation date latest:		1630
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573) to Edo period (1615-1858)
technique:	Japanese cypress (hinoki) with traces of color; crystal
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: 68.5 x 71.4 cm (26 15/16 x 28 1/8 in.); 70.2 x 70.5 cm (27 5/8 x 27 3/4 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Catherine Gray Jackson and Chapin Jackson, Darien, CT, by descent to her niece Dorothy Gray Shinn
	date: at least c. 1965-c. 2013
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	(Dorothy Gray Shinn and Ron Shinn, Akron, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: c. 2013-2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020-
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fun fact:
Some Japanese sculptors used to specialize in inset crystal eyes.

digital description:
Sculptors carved these two figures to look like members of the guard who protected the Japanese aristocracy in the 10th to 12th centuries. The pair belong in the roofed gate of a Shinto shrine. Their role was to embody the divine protectors of the deities, or <em>kami</em>, residing at the shrine. Their inset crystal eyes make them appear vigilant.

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