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Votive Hanging with Image of Kannon (Kannon Kakebotoke)

Votive Hanging with Image of Kannon (Kannon Kakebotoke)

mid- to late 1300s
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Here the deity Kannon sits on a lotus flower, a symbol of purity and enlightenment.

Description

Kakebotoke (literally “hanging Buddhist deities”) like this appeared from the latter part of the Heian period. They often hung on the doors of a Shinto shrine hall to indicate the Buddhist manifestation of the god, or kami, inside, or along the eaves of a Buddhist temple hall to indicate the Buddhist deity celebrated there.
  • ?-1985
    (Setsu Gatoda Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1985-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cunningham, Michael R. Masterworks of Asian art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998. Reproduced: p. 186 - 187
  • Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018).
    Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
    Cleveland Museum of Art, 1985: Year in Review 1984.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.16