Hōrōkaku Mandara

Object Details

• Provenance

  Kawasaki Yoshitaro, Japan [1]

  To 1929

  Yamanaka and Company, New York 1929 [2]

  From 1929

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, New York in 1929 [23

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet.

  [2] Object file, undated folder sheet. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

  [3] See note 2.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Words of Wisdom: Buddhist Calligraphy from Japan (April 1, 2023 to February 25, 2024)

  Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

  Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to November 21, 1995)

  Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)

  Japanese Art: Painting and Sculpture (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

  Japanese Art (January 1, 1963 to July 1, 1966)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 1 and 2 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Paintings (October 25, 1955 to November 23, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Hanging Scrolls, Ceramics, and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to January 23, 1951)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Ceramics and Painting (May 2, 1946 to October 2, 1947)

  Japanese Paintings Buddhist Etc. (January 5, 1928 to December 8, 1941)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  buddha, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Prayer beads, Art, Symbolism, Dharmacakra, Virudhaka, Vajra, Stupa, Vajrapani, Throne, Mahakala, Heian period (794 - 1185), Mount Meru, Preaching, Japanese Art, Mudra, Vaisravana, Attendant, Kakemono, Dhritarastra

• Culture

  Buddhists, Hindus, Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings