The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Jizō (Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha)

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Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Haruo Shirane, the Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Jizō (Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha)

Period:: Kamakura period (1185–1333)
Date:: 12th–13th century
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Wood with traces of gilded lacquer, cut-gold decoration and color
Dimensions:: H. 62 1/16 in. (157.6 cm); W. 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm); D. 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm) Figure with base: H. 71 1/2 in. (181.6 cm); W. 28 1/2 in. (72.4 cm); D. 22 1/2 in. (57.4 cm) Total H. 74 1/4 in. (188.6 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number:: 18.93

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 224

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