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The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu)

The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu)

1200s
(1185–1333)
hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
Image: 78.1 x 63.5 cm (30 3/4 x 25 in.); Overall: 163.2 x 83.8 cm (64 1/4 x 33 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1961.423
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The bodhisattva Kongōsatta wears a crown containing figures of the Five Wisdom Buddhas.

Description

The Secret Five were used in a Buddhist ritual to convert negative aspects of consciousness into positive ones. At the center is Kongōsatta, who represents the enlightened mind. He is surrounded by enlightened beings who convert the human frailties of desire, sensory pleasure, passion, and pride into constructive tools to use on the path to enlightenment.
  • Satohiro Katano, Tokyo; Taro Masuda, Odawara.
    ?-1961
    (Inosuke Setsu [1897-1969], Tokyo, Japan, ?-1961, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1961-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1961-present
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Gohimitsu Bosatsu,” August 15, 1962, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 276 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 276 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 373 archive.org
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    Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展 : クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998. Reproduced: p. 84, cat. no. 53
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    Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
  • {{cite web|title=The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu)|url=false|author=|year=1200s|access-date=16 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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