The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu)
1200s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu), 1200s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk; image: 78.1 x 63.5 cm (30 3/4 x 25 in.); overall: 163.2 x 83.8 cm (64 1/4 x 33 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1961.423 The Secret Five were used in a Buddhist ritual to convert negative aspects of consciousness into positive ones. At the center is Kongōsatta, who represents the enlightened mind. He is surrounded by enlightened beings who convert the human frailties of desire, sensory pleasure, passion, and pride into constructive tools to use on the path to enlightenment. The bodhisattva Kongōsatta wears a crown containing figures of the Five Wisdom Buddhas.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 78.1 x 63.5 cm (30 3/4 x 25 in.); Overall: 163.2 x 83.8 cm (64 1/4 x 33 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1961.423
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Juxtapositions, Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings in Western Collections, Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cooperative Program of the Conservation of Japanese Art Objects in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese art rotation, <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 29, 2013-December 23, 2013).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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