Bodhisattva
date: label: Date
content: early 13th century
label: Period
content: Kamakura period
name: label: Artist
content: Kaikei (active ca. 1185-1220)
notes: label: Label
content: Recent scholarship associates this sculpture of a bodhisattva (enlightened being) with Kaikei (fl. 1180&#150;1220), a master sculptor who contributed to the revival of Buddhist sculpture in the Kamakura period (1185&#150;1333). Proportion and balance in the figure, realistic yet sensitive modeling of the facial features, and graceful, regular arrangement of the garment folds are marks of Kaikei's style.
label: Provenance
content: To 1909
label: Provenance
content: Count Tanaka, to 1909 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1909 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Count Tanaka through Samurai Shokai, Yokohama in 1909 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 173, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: The Historical Buddha and Friends (November 3, 2018 to May 5, 2019)
label: Exhibition History
content: In the Shadow of an Apocalypse (October 14, 2017 to October 28, 2018)
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 Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 1 and 2 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Paintings and Sculpture (May 2, 1923 to January 5, 1928)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Count Tanaka (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: wood
label: Topic
content: lacquer
label: Topic
content: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: bodhisattva
label: Topic
content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: mudra
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1909.345a-h
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Wood with lacquer, gold, copper, and crystal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 62.8 × 43.2 × 36 cm (24 3/4 × 17 × 14 3/16 in)