Images

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=B1576CF2FAE723F47233562587128D3DBE6AACA176E203FB73D3AB19855C9E1F&s=24247294&se=841543759&v=0&f=1951.540_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=8EB33764EE66746609957B0198C0A700007DBD301910479EF2EB792965B0BA3B&s=24247294&se=841543759&v=1&f=%5C1951.540_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=C6AC85947383AE6BEAFB87F3A49741F3A6BBD62896A4A8806492A21A806BEF78&s=24247294&se=841543759&v=5&f=1951.540_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=90FE751C83CAF4AAB58B9FD54D00AA37BB80A317AC33BC22D4F55458D7BBC562&s=24247294&se=841543759&v=0&f=%5C1951.540det01_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=90FE751C83CAF4AA4BD0658A58EF97B01FC5DC53D93E3A7667B83DA21C563BDE&s=24247294&se=841543759&v=0&f=%5C1951.540det02_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=8EE84029E93DCF2B0D770FA9CFBC967038C4C27D872010E35C6781DF40A57869&s=24247294&se=841543759&v=0&f=%5C1951.540det03_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=E1161E387C20B27EAB95FD3F24D7523F6A4010654B1BED0445B71D643631B66E&s=24247294&se=841543759&v=0&f=%5C1951.540det04_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=E1161E387C20B27E93828C6B5CB4BBEAC171F85C8B93AD96DCCEDD6E1BD44FBF&s=24247294&se=841543759&v=0&f=%5C1951.540det05_o2.jpg

Additional Views

Mar 10, 2015

Mar 16, 2015

White-Robed Kannon (Byakue Kannon)

白衣観音像

c. 1200

Japan, Kamakura period

(1185-1333)

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 91.4 x 45.1 cm (36 x 17 3/4 in.); Overall: 178.4 x 64.1 cm (70 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1951.540

Location

not on view

Description

Kannon is a deity of mercy and compassion in the Buddhist faith. This monochrome sketch comes from Kōzan-ji, a temple in northwest Kyoto. The subdued ink tones and plain brushwork reflect the taste of Zen Buddhism, which began to have an impact on the visual arts in 13th-century Japan.

Inscriptions

Inscription

箱書　石座観音　高山寺舊蔵

Inscription Translation

Box inscription: Kannon Seated on a Rock, formerly in the possession of Kōzanji

Provenance

?-1951

(Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1951-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Lee, Sherman E. “A White-Robed Kwannon from Kōzan-Ji.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 39, no. 10, 1952, pp. 235–237. Mentioned: pp. 235–237 www.jstor.org

Lee, Sherman E. "Shin and Sō." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 43, no. 6 (1956): 115-18. Mentioned: p. 116 www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 917 archive.org

Lee, Sherman E. Tea Taste in Japanese Art. New York, NY: The Asia House Gallery, dist. by H. Abrams, 1963. Mentioned: cat. no. 8, p. 96; Reproduced: cat. no. 8, p. 22

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 277 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 276 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 372 archive.org

Lee, Sherman E, Ursula Korneitchouk, Michael R Cunningham, Ursula Korneitchouk, Cleveland Museum of Art, Japan House Gallery, Japan Society (New York, N.Y.), and Japan House Gallery. One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue. New York: Japan Society, 1981. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 44-45, no. 21

Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展 : クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 83, cat. no. 52

Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 32

Vilbar, Sinead. "The Japanese Art Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1915-1951." In Great Waves & Mountains: Perspectives and Discoveries in Collecting the Arts of Japan. Natsu Oyobe, and Allysa B. Peyton, eds., 160-197. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2022. Mentioned: P. 184; Reproduced: P. 186, fig. 7.21

Exhibition history

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-November 17, 2004).

Tea Taste in Japanese Art. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 20-April 21, 1963).

Japanese Master Drawings. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (organizer) (February 8-March 9, 1975).

Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1985-February 24, 1986).

Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 11, 2018-January 7, 2019).

Cite this page

{{cite web|title=White-Robed Kannon (Byakue Kannon)|url=https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.540|year=c. 1200|access-date=04 June 2023|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Contact us

The information about this object, including provenance, may not be currently accurate. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please email collectionsdata@clevelandart.org.

To request more information about this object, study images, or bibliography, contact the Ingalls Library Reference Desk.

All images and data available through Open Access can be downloaded for free. For images not available through Open Access, a detail image, or any image with a color bar, request a digital file from Image Services.

You are here:

Images

White-Robed Kannon (Byakue Kannon)

White-Robed Kannon (Byakue Kannon)

白衣観音像

Japan, Kamakura period

Location

Download and Share

Description

Inscription

Inscription Translation

Contact us