Kannon

Cleveland Museum of Art

Kannon

Date
c. 1868–1912
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; inscription in gold ink on silk
Culture
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
153395

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The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Kannon in Japanese) stands with each of his feet upon a lotus blossom. The Buddha Amitabha (Amida in Japanese) appears in his headdress. The text written in golden characters attached to the top of the painting is a portion of a religious text extolling the virtues of the bodhisattva. The painter was inspired by Buddhist paintings of the Korean Goreyo period (918–1392); he attempted to reproduce the diaphanous shawl sometimes seen in such early works.

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Credit line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Provenance
?–1986: (Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1986–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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    Buddhist and Hindu Iconography

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