Aizen Myōō
1300s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Aizen Myōō, 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) to Nanbokuchō period (1336-92). Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk; painting: 102 x 60.5 cm (40 3/16 x 23 13/16 in.); mounted: 183.2 x 80.3 cm (72 1/8 x 31 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2017.101 Desires are mentally deposited into the mouth of Aizen's lion so that they can be consumed.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- Painting: 102 x 60.5 cm (40 3/16 x 23 13/16 in.); Mounted: 183.2 x 80.3 cm (72 1/8 x 31 5/8 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 2017.101
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Recent Acquisitions
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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