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Buddha of the Future (Miroku Bosatsu)

弥勒菩薩像

late 600s

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Japan, Asuka period

(538–710)

Cast bronze, incised, with traces of gilding

Figure: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1950.86.a

Location

235B Japanese

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The Sanskrit name of this being, Maitreya, derives from the Sanskrit word for friend, mita.

Description

Buddhism was introduced to Japan in the sixth century. For early Japanese devotees, Buddhism offered the promise of salvation through faith in the Buddha of the Future, who would appear at the end of the world. The concept of eternal salvation held particular resonance with the Japanese aristocracy, who became the staunchest supporters of this new faith. Small sculptures like this one, with its gentle grace and powerful presence, were popular devotional objects.

Provenance

?–by October 1936

Kansetsu Hashimoto 橋本関雪 [1883–1945] to Hollis and Company

1936–1950

(Hollis and Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1950–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 182–183

Edgell, George Harold. Illustrated Catalogue of a Special Loan Exhibition of Art Treasures from Japan. [Tokyo, Japan]: [Sanseido Press], 1936. Reproduced: cat. no. 6

Tomita, Kojiro. “The Special Exhibition of Art Treasures from Japan.” Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, vol. 34, no. 205, 1936, pp. 64–77. Reproduced: p. 66 www.jstor.org

“Front Matter.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 37, no. 10, 1950. Reproduced: cover www.jstor.org

Milliken, William M. “A Miroku of the Suiko Period.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 37, no. 10, 1950, pp. 203–204. Mentioned: p. 20p3-204 www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 896 archive.org

Bingham, Woodbridge, Hilary Conroy, and Frank William Iklé. A History of Asia. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1964.

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 273 archive.org

Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. Japanese Art in the West. [Tokyo]: Mayuyama & Co, 1966. Mentioned: p. 341; Reproduced: p. 4, pl. 2

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 273 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. Reproduced: pl. 6

Morant, Henry de, and Gérald Gassiot-Talabot. Histoire des arts décoratifs, des origines à nos jours. Suivie de Le design et les tendances actuelles. [Paris]: Hachette, 1970. Reproduced: p. 99, no. 176

Paine, Robert Treat, and Alexander Coburn Soper. The Art and Architecture of Japan. Harmondsworth, Eng: Penguin Books, 1975. Mentioned: p. 39; Reproduced: p. 38, fig. 10

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 368 archive.org

Exhibition history

Special Loan Exhibition of Art treasures from Japan. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (September-October 1936).

Masterpieces of Japanese Art. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (October 4-November 30, 1969)

One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650) from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Japan House Gallery, New York, NY (March 19-May 17, 1981).

Japanese Art in America. The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA (April 19-May 15, 1960).

Evolution of the Buddha Image. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (May 7-June 30, 1963).

Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23-October 3, 2021).

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