MS 7349 Portraits of Bodhidharma (Daruma)
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7349

MNH Accession Number 298191

MNH Catalog Numbers 414614-6
name: label: Artist
content: Unknown
label: Names
content: Bodhidharma, active 6th century
place: label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: East Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Buddhism
creator: label: Artist
content: Unknown
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content: MS 7349 Portraits of Bodhidharma (Daruma)
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: Bodhidharma (Daruma in Japanese) was a legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century and played an important role in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from India to China.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Drawings (visual works) (ink)
unitdate: label: Date
content: before 1945
container: label: Container
content: Box 7349 / 7350 / 7351, Folder 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawings and other objects were donated to the Museum of Natural History in 1972 by Dr. Ashley B. Gurney.  Dr. Gurney found the drawings along with soldiers' equipment in buildings and outdoor areas evacuated by the Japanese near Luzon, Philippines in 1945. The drawings were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives by Chang-su Houchins, August 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7349
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Data and translations were furnished by Chang-su Houchins, of the Department of Anthropology. She consulted Martie W. Young Asian Art: a collector's selection, 1973, and Noritake Tsuda, Handbook of Japanese Art, 1979. She also received information from Shozo Honda, Japanese Section, Asian Division, Library of Congress.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of three (3) drawings of Bodhidharma (Daruma) made in the suiboku-ga
style.  Included are side and full view bust portraits executed in accordance with a standard type of Daruma--"three-quarter view of the head and shoulders with the furrowed brow, the eyeballs rolled in one direction, the mouth turned downward to emphasize the vigor of concentration." 

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Objects donated by Dr. Gurney are held in the Department of Anthropology collections (Accession Number 298191).