Catalogue information
Late Heian period, early 12th century
Polychromed Japanese cypress (hinoki)
H. of statue 49.3 cm (19 3/8 in.); h. of pedestal 31.2 cm (12 1/4 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Literature
Kuno Takeshi 1963, pp. 77–79
; 1963
“Shui kontai no Amida Nyorai zō” (A statue of Golden Amitabha in a red robe). Kobijutsu, no. 1 (January): 81–83.
Rosenfield 1967, no. 27
; 1967
Japanese Arts of the Heian Period, 794–1185. Exh. cat. New York: Asia Society.
Olson 1968, pp. 8–9
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Japanese Sculpture and Painting: From the 9th to the 19th Centuries. The Museum (Newark), n.s., 20, no. 2 (Spring).
Murase 1975, no. 3
; 1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mayuyama Junkichi 1976, no. 339
; 1976
Mayuyama, Seventy Years / Ryūsen shūhō, sōgyō shichijusshūnen kinen. 2 vols. Tokyo: Mayuyama Ryūsendō.
Shimizu Zenzō 1979, no. 110, fig. 113, p. 96
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“Amerika ∙ Kanada ni aru Nihon chōkoku (2)” (Japanese sculptures in America and Canada, 2). Bukkyō geijutsu / Ars Buddhica, no. 127 (November).
Kurata Bunsaku 1980, no. 12
; 1980
[Editor]. Chōkoku (Sculpture). Zaigai Nihon no shihō (Japanese art: Selections from Western collections), 8. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha.
Kaufman 1985, fig. 1
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“Practice and Piety: Buddhist Art in Use.” Apollo 121, no. 276 (February): 91–99.
Avitabile 1990, no. 1
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[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
Murase 2000, no. 13
; 2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 11.
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 547 in Volume II of Art through a Lifetime.