Cleveland Museum of Art
Kannon
- Date
- early 1200s
- Medium
- wood with lacquer and gold leaf
- Culture
- Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 100492
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion, is one of the two bodhisattvas attending Amida, the Buddha of the Western Paradise. The sculpture stands on a lotus pedestal, holding a lotus dais on which the soul of the faithful is received into paradise. The use of gold was prevalent in Buddhist art during this time—it was believed that the yellow light permeated the regions of the Amida—and Amida worship prevailed throughout Japan.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Ralph King
- Provenance
- (Mrs. Henry Golden Dearth)
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