Portrait of the Mother of Hotto Kokushi

Description

This is an imaginary portrait of the mother of the Zen master Hottō Enmyō Kokushi (1203–1298), whose sculptural portrait (1970.67) can be seen in gallery 235B. That image was carved soon after the master's death. His mother's image, however, was completed several hundred years later, so the likeness is doubtful.

Provenance

Myoshin-ji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan; (Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1970); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1970-)

Portrait of the Mother of Hotto Kokushi

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1680

Accession Number

1970.68

Medium

wood with polychromy and inlaid crystal and stone eyes

Dimensions

Overall: 60.3 cm (23 3/4 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Edward L. Whittemore Fund