Hōrōkaku Mandara
date: label: Date
content: 12th century
label: Period
content: Heian period
notes: label: Provenance
content: Kawasaki Yoshitaro, Japan [1]
label: Provenance
content: To 1929
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka and Company, New York 1929 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1929
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, New York in 1929 [23
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet.
label: Provenance
content: [2] Object file, undated folder sheet. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Words of Wisdom: Buddhist Calligraphy from Japan (April 1, 2023 to February 25, 2024)
label: Exhibition History
content: Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to November 21, 1995)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art: Painting and Sculpture (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art (January 1, 1963 to July 1, 1966)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 1 and 2 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Paintings (October 25, 1955 to November 23, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Hanging Scrolls, Ceramics, and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to January 23, 1951)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Ceramics and Painting (May 2, 1946 to October 2, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Paintings Buddhist Etc. (January 5, 1928 to December 8, 1941)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: Buddha
label: Topic
content: Heian period (794 - 1185)
label: Topic
content: stupa
label: Topic
content: mandala
label: Topic
content: vajra
label: Topic
content: prayer beads
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: throne
label: Topic
content: Vaisravana
label: Topic
content: Virudhaka
label: Topic
content: Dhritarastra
label: Topic
content: preaching
label: Topic
content: dharmachakra
label: Topic
content: Mahakala
label: Topic
content: Vajrapani
label: Topic
content: Mount Meru
label: Topic
content: mudra
label: Topic
content: kakemono
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: attendant
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1929.2a-c
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Color and gold on silk panel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 144.2 × 86.7 cm (56 3/4 × 34 1/8 in)