Hotei

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.1988.17

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CMA_.1988.17

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2003

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2003

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Paintings

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Paintings

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Etetsu, Jonan

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Etetsu, Jonan

Creator Name

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Creator Nationality:

Japanese

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Japanese

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

inscription by

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inscription by

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

1444 - 1507

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1444 - 1507

Creator Dates/Places

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Gender:

M

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M

Gender

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Jonan Etetsu

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Jonan Etetsu

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Hotei

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Hotei

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

late 1400s

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late 1400s

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1460

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1460

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1499

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1499

Creation End Date

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Materials and Techniques:

hanging scroll; ink on paper

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hanging scroll; ink on paper

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Painting

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Painting

Classification Term

false

Style or Period:

Japan, Muromachi Period (1392-1573)

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Japan, Muromachi Period (1392-1573)

Style or Period

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 132.1cm x 41.65cm, Painting only: 51cm x 24.8cm

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Overall: 132.1cm x 41.65cm, Painting only: 51cm x 24.8cm

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1988.17

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1988.17

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

The Zen monk Jonan Etetsu is recorded as the 183rd abbot of T?fuku-ji temple in the eastern hills of Kyoto, one of the earliest and most influential Zen institutions in medieval Japan. Otherwise, the onlybiographical information known to date has been gleaned from a few inscriptions on paintings documenting his friendship with another eminent monk, Ry??an Keigo (1425-1514), and two paintings bearing Jonan?s own poetic inscriptions. This image of Hotei (Chinese: Budai), a legendary, 10th-century Chan (Zen) monk, is one of those paintings. In Japan the image of the mirthful, pot-bellied Hotei enjoyed great popularity from the 14th century onward. Zen literature and popular folklore merged to create a storehouse of attractive fiction concerning this delightful character?s worldly adventures as a kind of itinerant Santa Claus and more symbolically as the future Buddha, Miroku, in disguise. For the Japanese, Hotei came to represent an unfettered path to spiritual enlightenment.The identity of the artist of this painting is unknown, although it may have been Etetsu, who attained a high rank within the 15th-century Zen community.

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The Zen monk Jonan Etetsu is recorded as the 183rd abbot of T?fuku-ji temple in the eastern hills of Kyoto, one of the earliest and most influential Zen institutions in medieval Japan. Otherwise, the onlybiographical information known to date has been gleaned from a few inscriptions on paintings documenting his friendship with another eminent monk, Ry??an Keigo (1425-1514), and two paintings bearing Jonan?s own poetic inscriptions. This image of Hotei (Chinese: Budai), a legendary, 10th-century Chan (Zen) monk, is one of those paintings. In Japan the image of the mirthful, pot-bellied Hotei enjoyed great popularity from the 14th century onward. Zen literature and popular folklore merged to create a storehouse of attractive fiction concerning this delightful character?s worldly adventures as a kind of itinerant Santa Claus and more symbolically as the future Buddha, Miroku, in disguise. For the Japanese, Hotei came to represent an unfettered path to spiritual enlightenment.The identity of the artist of this painting is unknown, although it may have been Etetsu, who attained a high rank within the 15th-century Zen community.

Context

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