File:Japan, Muromachi period - Koya Myojin (Mandala of the Four Deities of Mt. Koya) - 1999.262 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg
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editanonymous: Mandala of the Four Deities of Mt. Kōya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Koya Myojin (Mandala of the Four Deities of Mt. Koya) |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Upon his arrival in Japan, the 9th-century Chinese Buddhist priest Kukai began searching for a mountain location that would be suitable for a meditation hall. Along the way he met a Japanese hunter with two dogs who helped him find a site on Mount Koya. This building became the home of the influential Esoteric sect of Japanese Buddhism, and still flourishes today. The male figure dressed in aristocratic garb at the upper left of this composition is the hunter, here deified as a spirit of Japan's pre-Buddhist, Shinto faith. He is joined by his wife and below by two female Shinto deities from other Shinto shrines in Japan. Beneath them, the black and white dogs refer to the hunter's role in the story. This joining of foreign Buddhist and native Shinto imagery represents an important aspect of Japanese cultural history. The attractive gold "diaper" pattern in the lower portion of the painting represents the painted stone tiles of a religious building. The lines are thin strips of gold foil rather than paint applied with a handheld brush. |
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Date |
1500 date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | Hanging scroll, ink, color and cut gold foil on silk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Overall: 178.6 x 56.3 cm (70 5/16 x 22 3/16 in.); Painting only: 97.5 x 39.3 cm (38 3/8 x 15 1/2 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q657415 |
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Current location |
Japanese Art |
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Accession number |
1999.262 |
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Place of creation | Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Gift of Rosemarie and Leighton Longhi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References | https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.262 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.262 |
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Author | Chief Photographer, Howard Agriesti |
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Copyright holder | |
Credit/Provider | Howard Agriesti, Cleveland Museum of Art |
Source | Cleveland Museum of Art |
Online copyright statement | http://www.clevelandart.org |
City shown | Cleveland |
Date and time of data generation | 09:22, 22 December 2014 |
Contact information |
Cleveland Museum of Art11150 East Blvd Cleveland, OH, 44106 USA |
Original transmission location code | 2014-12-1922 |
Date and time of digitizing | 09:22, 22 December 2014 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 (Macintosh) |
Date metadata was last modified | 08:45, 6 January 2015 |
File change date and time | 08:45, 6 January 2015 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:fa2f930f-da0c-40b4-b89e-e744797998ca |
Sublocation of city shown | Cleveland Museum of Art |
Country shown | USA |
Province or state shown | OH |