Collection record · Belief & ritual
Seated Buddha
The collection record classifies this work as sculpture. It is dated 1100s. Recorded culture or place: Japan, Heian period (794–1185).
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- Museum title
- Seated Buddha
- Date
- 1100s
- Culture / origin
- Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
- Materials and technique
- gilded wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 145.4 cm (57 1/4 in.); Figure: 88.2 cm (34 3/4 in.); Pedestal: 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1973.85
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Composed of a number of hollowed-out pieces of wood that were then covered with lacquer and gilding, this sculpture served as an image of worship in one of the small temples surrounding Kōfukuji, a major Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Like many Buddhas, this figure has its right hand positioned in a gesture meaning "fear not." The left hand is a replacement, so its original gesture, a clue to this Buddha's identity, is unknown. However, as the left foot is exposed over the garment, in lotus position, it may have been created as a Medicine Master Buddha, Yakushi Nyorai in Japanese, or the Buddha of our era, Shakyamuni.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Takako Setsu and her husband, Iwao, in memory of her father-in-law, Inosuke Setsu, and his long friendship with Sherman E. Lee · CC0
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