Portrait of the Zen Master Hotto Kokushi
c. 1286
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Portrait of the Zen Master Hotto Kokushi, c. 1286. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Wood with hemp cloth, black lacquer, and iron clamps; overall: 91.4 cm (36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1970.67.a Hottō Enmyō Kokushi, is a posthumous title bestowed upon the Zen Buddhist monk Shinchi Kakushin (1203–1298) by the emperor Go-Daigo. The title means “perfectly awakened national teacher of the Dharma lamp.” Considered a fine example of “Kamakura realism,” while downplaying detail in the body, the sculpture emphasizes fidelity in representing the visage of Kakushin. Two famous sculptural portraits of this monk, one at the temple Ankokuji in Hiroshima, and another at the temple Kōkokuji in Wakayama, are dated to 1275 and 1286, respectively.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- wood with hemp cloth, black lacquer, and iron clamps
- Dimensions
- Overall: 91.4 cm (36 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1970.67.a
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1970, Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture, Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan, Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art, Portraiture: The Image of the Individual, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018, <em>One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650) from The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Japan House Gallery, New York, NY (March 19-May 17, 1981)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 235)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 15, 2013-November 16, 2015).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 235B Japanese
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