Catalogue information
Late Heian period, late 11th–early 12th century
Japanese cypress (hinoki) with lacquer and gold
(a) h. 28 cm (11 in.); (b) h. 27.5 cm (10 7/8 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Ex Coll.: Koizumi Sakutarō, Japan; Mohr, Germany
Literature
Koizumi Sakutarō 1926, pls. 29, 30
; Murase 1993, no. 3
; 1993
Jewel Rivers: Japanese Art from the Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Art.
Burke 1996b, p. 45
; 1996b
“Miyeko Murase: Friend, Scholar and Mentor.” Orientations 27, no. 8 (September): 44–45.
Murase 2000, no. 14
; 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, nos. 9, 10.
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 550a, b in Volume II of Art through a Lifetime.