Water-Moon Kannon (Suigetsu Kannon)

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

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Water-Moon Kannon (Suigetsu Kannon)

1868–1912

Medium: hanging scroll, ink, gold, silver, color, and cut gold-leaf on silk
Dimensions: Painting: 104.5 x 41.9 cm (41 1/8 x 16 1/2 in.); Overall with knobs: 188.9 x 64.8 cm (74 3/8 x 25 1/2 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

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Provenance

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?–1992

(London Gallery, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1992–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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(London Gallery, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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Selected Acquisitions

Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c

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Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993). Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 8-August 11, 2019). Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 16-October 28, 2003).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Kannon represents a primary figure of benevolence and compassion in the Buddhist pantheon. Identified early in Buddhist texts as a close attendant to the Buddha, by the 700s Kannon's popularity soared to such an extent in China, Korea, and Japan that the bodhisattva was often worshipped independently. Here at the lower left, Kannon is depicted with the child Zenzai Dōji (Sakskrit: Sudhana), a wealthy boy who, according to the final chapter of the <em>Flower Garland Sutra</em>, visited Kannon's abode Fudaraka (Sanskrit: Potalaka) during a long journey to learn the bodhisattva path.

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