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Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Shō Kannon

900s

Japan, Heian period

(794–1185)
Wood with traces of color
Overall: 101.6 cm (40 in.); with base: 124.5 cm (49 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1984.69
Location: Not on view
  • Muneichi Nitta, Tokyo, Japan
    ?–1984
    (Marion Hammer, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1984–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Kuno Takeshi 久野健. Study of the history of Japanese sculpture in the Kanto District [関東彫刻の研究 = Kantō chōkoku no kenkyū]. Tōkyō: 学生社 [Gakuseisha], Shōwa 39 [1964]. Reproduced: p. 332, fig. 6
    Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163–207. Mentioned: pp. 164, 171, and 207; Reproduced: p. 170 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
    Exhibition. Research Institute for the Protection of Cultural Properties, Tokyo, Japan (1968).
  • {{cite web|title=Shō Kannon|url=false|author=|year=900s|access-date=25 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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