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Zaō Gongen

蔵王権現

1100s

Japan, Heian period

(794–1185)

Gilt bronze with repoussé and incised details

Overall: 25.8 x 17.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 in.)

The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1986.47

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

This votive mirror would have been hung in a temple or shrine.

Description

Zaō Gongen is the deity of Mount Kinpu, in the Yoshino Mountains south of Nara. This fragment is from a votive mirror called a kakebotoke with metal fittings at the top through which a cord could be used to hang it.

Provenance
?-1986
(Shunichi Yabumoto Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1986-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 74, no. 2, 1987, pp. 38–79. Reproduced: fig. 237, p. 50; Mentioned: p. 79 www.jstor.org
“Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 1987.” Archives of Asian Art, vol. 41, 1988, pp. 95–110. Reproduced: fig. 10, p. 98 www.jstor.org
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. 186-187, no. 75
Exhibition history

Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018).

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).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.47