The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 31, 2023

Monju as a Child (Chigo Monju)

稚児文殊像

early 1400s

Japan, Muromachi period

(1392–1573)

Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

Painting only: 75.8 x 36.2 cm (29 13/16 x 14 1/4 in.); Including mounting: 170.2 x 55.3 cm (67 x 21 3/4 in.)

General Income Fund 1919.973

Location

not on view

Provenance
Governor Saisho of Nara Prefecture.
?-1919
(Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1919-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1919-present
Citations
"Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 2 (1920): 25. Mentioned: p. 25 www.jstor.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1919.973