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-)
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
Credit Line
Edward L. Whittemore Fund