Collection Online as of March 31, 2023

Seated Zenki

1400s

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Japan, Muromachi period

(1392–1573)

Wood with pigment

Overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.)

Sundry Art - Japanese/Korean and Lillian Kern Memorial Fund 2012.40.1

Location

not on view

Provenance

The collection of Myoshin-ji Temple, Wakayama prefecture, Japan

The Hosomi family, Kyoto, Japan

?-2012

(Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

2012-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

“Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2011-2012.” Archives of Asian Art, vol. 63, no. 2, 2013, pp. 215–276. Reproduced: p. 223, fig. 11 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: pp. 182-183, no. 73

Exhibition history

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).