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Ōtsu-e Nirvana of the Buddha (Ōtsu-e Butsu Nehanzu)
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Collection of Dr. Daniel Verne and Mitzie Verne
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Ōtsu-e Nirvana of the Buddha (Ōtsu-e Butsu Nehanzu)

1800s
Hakuen (Japanese, active 1850–1870) visual detail
ArtistHakuen (Japanese, active 1850–1870)
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Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 201.9 x 78.7 cm (79 1/2 x 31 in.)
Classification
Painting
Style
ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Institution
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Collection of Dr. Daniel Verne and Mitzie Verne

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Provenance

Public
?–1954

Mizuno, Otsu City, Japan

1954–2016

Dr. Daniel [1921–1996] and Mitzie Verne [1922–2016], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of...

2016–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

Mizuno, Otsu City, Japan Dr. Daniel [1921–1996] and Mitzie Verne [1922–2016], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public
Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections

Source exhibition text

Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005). Mingei Museum of World Folk Art, San Diego, CA (June 1985). Emperor Was My Neighbor: Japanese Folk Art from the Collection of Mitzie Verne. Morikami Museum, Delray Beach, FL (March 31-September 15, 2005). Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 21, 2014-January 13, 2015).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

The painting parodies the traditional representation of this subject. The death of Buddha is actually the moment he achieves nirvana and escapes the endless cycle of death and rebirth. Hakuen transformed this serious moment (see <em>The Death of the Buddha</em>, <a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1141"><u>CMA 1916.1141</u></a>) into a lively parody with <em>otsu-e</em> subjects. Mourners surround the Buddha. An <em>oni</em>, who pretends to be a priest, holds his gong in the air as he beats his drums and chants prayers. The wisteria maiden appears at the left, bringing water to the mourners. Behind her is an oni in the guise of a thunder god beating his drums. The animals along the foreground represent other otsu-e characters and models. The painting would have amused 19th-century viewers familiar with the usual Buddhist imagery.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 3 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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