Catalogue information
Kamakura period, early 14th century
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on silk
76.1 x 48.4 cm (30 x 19 in.)
Partial donation to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 1997
Literature
Murase 1997, p. 91
; 1997
“Youthful Manjusri as the Child God of the Wakamiya at the Kasuga Shrine.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (Fall): 92.
Fukui Rikichirō 1999, fig. 38
; 1999
Fukui Rikichirō bijutsushi ronshū 2 (Collected essays on art history by Fukui Rikichirō, 2). Tokyo: Chūōkōron Bijutsu.
Murase 2000, no. 32
; 2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ōkura Shūkokan 2000, no. 113
; 2000
Nenge mishō: Bukkyō bijutsu no miryoku /Buddha’s Smile: Masterpieces of Japanese Buddhist Art. Exh. cat., Ōkura Shūkokan. Tokyo: London Gallery.
Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 27.
2005
Nyūyōku Bāku korekushon-ten: Nihon no bi sanzennen no kagayaki / Enduring Legacy of Japanese Art: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and Miho Museum, Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture. [Tokyo]: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha.
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 32 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.