Welcoming Descent of Jizō
1200s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Welcoming Descent of Jizō, 1200s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold on silk; image: 59 x 33.2 cm (23 1/4 x 13 1/16 in.); overall: 120.7 x 51.4 cm (47 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1983.75 Jizō is well known for rescuing people from the many Buddhist hells.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 59 x 33.2 cm (23 1/4 x 13 1/16 in.); Overall: 120.7 x 51.4 cm (47 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1983.75
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1983, Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese and Korean Gallery Rotation, Nara National Museum, Japan (2/21-3/29/98); Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (4/28-6/21/98) "Highlights of Asian Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art" p.85, cat. no. 54<br>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119); March 12, 2003 - July 16, 2003.<br>Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). Tokyo National Museum (1/15/2014 - 2/23/2014) and Kyushu National Museum (7/8/2014 - 8/31/2014): "Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art", cat. no. 3, p. 30., Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 235); July 20, 2015 -
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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