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Bodhidharma Crossing the Yangzi on a Reed
The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund
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Bodhidharma Crossing the Yangzi on a Reed

1300s

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Okazaki Masaya 岡崎正也 [late 1800s-early 1900s], Tokyo, Japan

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Yamamoto Yoshiaki 山本義章 [early 1900s], Tokyo, Japan

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Fujī Noriyoshi 藤井德義 [1900s], Osaka, Japan

?-1964

(N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1964-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Okazaki Masaya 岡崎正也 [late 1800s-early 1900s], Tokyo, Japan Yamamoto Yoshiaki 山本義章 [early 1900s], Tokyo, Japan Fujī Noriyoshi 藤井德義 [1900s], Osaka, Japan (N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965). The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974). 茶の美術 : 特別展 (Art of the Tea Ceremony). Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (October 7-November 24, 1980). Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982). Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1985-February 24, 1986). Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998). Masterpieces of Chinese Painting 700 - 1900. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (October 26, 2013-January 19, 2014). Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017). China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024). Tea taste in Japanese art. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY (1963). Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 29, 2003-March 15, 2004).

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Chan Buddhism was introduced to China in the early 500s by the Indian monk Bodhidharma, or Puti Damo (died before 534). Upon his arrival in China, Bodhidharma was allegedly granted an audience with the Liang dynasty emperor Wu (reigned 502–49). Realizing the emperor did not understand his mission, the monk left Nanjing, crossed the Yangzi on a reed, and settled north in Henan province’s Shaolin monastery. Here, Bodhidharma is sketched in few pale brushstrokes. The diluted and swift lines on an empty ground emphasize the Chan idea that all things are illusionary. <br><br>The inscription reads: <em>Wind rises from the reed flowers, the waves are high; It’s a long way to go beyond the cliff of the Shaoshi mountain; Above the worlds of kalpas a flower is opening into five petals; So that your barefoot heels are just fine for the whipping rattans. </em>—translated by Wai-Kam Ho

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 5 structured provenance events · 9 structured exhibitions.

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