Catalogue information
Late Heian period, 12th century (?)
Polychromed Japanese cypress (hinoki)
H. 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Literature
Murase 1975, no. 4
; 1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Shimizu Zenzō 1979, p. 98, no. 119, fig. 121
; 1979
“Amerika ∙ Kanada ni aru Nihon chōkoku (2)” (Japanese sculptures in America and Canada, 2). Bukkyō geijutsu / Ars Buddhica, no. 127 (November).
Kanda 1985, no. 33
; 1985
Shinzō: Hachiman Imagery and Its Development. Harvard East Asian Monographs, 119. Cambridge, Mass.: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University.
Burke 1993, p. 9, no. 29.
1993
Japanese Art: Personal Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Delray Beach, Fla.: The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens.
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 565 in Volume II of Art through a Lifetime.