Collection Online as of June 1, 2023
early 1300s
Handscroll; ink, color and gold on paper
Image: 29.7 x 1232.4 cm (11 11/16 x 485 3/16 in.); Overall: 30.3 x 1373.5 cm (11 15/16 x 540 3/4 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt, John L. Severance, and Edward L. Whittemore Funds 1956.87
Description This painting is the second of a set of two illustrated handscrolls. The first scroll depicts the biography of the Japanese Buddhist monk Ryōnin. This scroll begins with scenes of Ryōnin’s death and relates episodes illustrating the efficacy of following his teachings. Ryōnin asserted the total interconnectedness of all things and the spiritual benefit of intoning the name of the Buddha Amida for one another.
Provenance Kashima Seibei, 19th century.
?–1956
(Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1956–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 914
archive.org
Lee, Sherman E.
Japanese Decorative Style . [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961. Reproduced: p. 5; cat. no. 20
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The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 277
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The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 277
archive.org
Masterpieces of Japanese Art; [Catalogue of the Exhibition] October 4 Through November 30, 1969, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts . Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1969. Mentioned: cat. no. 24
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 374
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. 40-41, no. 19
Grotennuis, Elizabeth Ten. "Visions of a Transcendent Realm: Pure Land Images in the Cleveland Museum of Art."
The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 7 (1991): 274-300. Mentioned: p. 298, 274
www.jstor.org
Cleveland Museum of Art. Tōyō kaiga no seika: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara : tokubetsuten . 1998. Reproduced: p.96-97, cat. no. 63
Admired from afar: masterworks of Japanese painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art [クリーブランド美術館展 : 名画でたどる日本の美 Kurīburando Bijutsukan ten: meiga de tadoru Nihon no bi ]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 2014. Reproduced: p. 38-43, cat. no. 7
Vilbar, Sinéad. “Shinto Masterworks: Rarely seen Japanese treasures offer encounters with the divine." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 30-31. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 31.
Vilbar, Sinéad, and Kevin Gray Carr. Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 256-261, no. 101
Exhibition history
Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120) . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 11-July 13, 2004).
Masterpieces of Japanese Art . Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (October 4-November 30, 1969)
Japanese Decorative Style . The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961).
Japanese Picture Scrolls . Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (October 9-November 24, 1974).
Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings in Western Collections . Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 11-December 9, 1979); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (March 27-May 11, 1980).
Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-May 1, 1983).
Emaki . Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, Japan (organizer) (March 21-April 30, 1987).
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).
Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).
Honen: The Life and Art of the Founder of the Pure Land Buddhist Sect . Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, Japan (organizer) (March 26-May 8, 2011).
Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art . Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).
Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見 . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-June 30, 2019).
