A statue of the bodhisattva Jizo (Kshitigarbha) carved circa 1202 by Kaikei of the Kei school, one of the most celebrated sculptors of Kamakura-period Japan, in lacquered Japanese cypress with color, gold, cut-gold patterning and inlaid crystal eyes, known in scholarship as the Burke Jizo. The figure holds a khakkhara pilgrim's staff in the right hand and a wish-fulfilling jewel in the left, standard attributes of Jizo as protector of travelers, children and beings suffering in the hell realms. Originally housed at Kofuku-ji temple in Nara, the statue was de-accessioned in 1906 amid the financial pressures Japanese Buddhist temples faced after the Meiji Restoration, entered the collection of Jackson and Mary Griggs Burke in 1970, and passed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with the whole Burke Collection on Mary Griggs Burke's death in 2012, held today under accession 2015.300.250a, b.
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Attributed ToKaikei, a sculptor of the Kei school active in Kamakura-period Japan and one of its most celebrated masters. 1 Physical Form
MediumWood statue, Kaikei, Japan, circa 1202, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2015.300.250a, b 1 Medium (class) Connections
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Nara, Cities This source names Nara directly: "Originally housed at Kofuku-ji temple in Nara, the statue was de-accessioned in 1906 amid the financial pressures Japanese Buddhist temples faced after the Meiji Restoration, entered the collection..."
Source Jizo, Bodhisattva of the Earth Store, the Burke Jizo (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Source Jizo, Bodhisattva of the Earth Store, the Burke Jizo (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Depicts
The statue's sole subject, named directly in the museum's own title and confirmed by the corroborating Wikipedia and Wikidata records for the same accessioned object.
Source Jizo, Bodhisattva of the Earth Store, the Burke Jizo (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Additional Source Burke Jizo (Wikipedia)
The same statue already shown as the historical bodhisattva's sole subject also depicts him as an object of devotion, since the two entries name the same figure under two different aspects, the historical account and the worshipped deity.
Source Jizo, Bodhisattva of the Earth Store, the Burke Jizo (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Originated In
Japan, Regions Source Jizo, Bodhisattva of the Earth Store, the Burke Jizo (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Also in Arts and Music Atlas: the author of this subject.
Source The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access API: Metropolitan Museum of Art object record 53175artistDisplayNameQuote, artistDisplayName
"artistDisplayName": "Kaikei"
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1. Jizo, Bodhisattva of the Earth Store, the Burke Jizo (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Artcatalogue record, medium/object-type description
A statue of the bodhisattva Jizo (Kshitigarbha) carved circa 1202 by Kaikei of the Kei school, one of the most celebrated sculptors of Kamakura-period Japan, in lacquered Japanese cypress with color, gold, cut-gold patterning and inlaid crystal eyes, known in scholarship as the Burke Jizo.
Originated In: Japan, Object record: Culture
Culture: Japan
View the Source Burke Jizo (Wikipedia)
WikipediaDepicts: KshitigarbhaQuote, Depicts: Kshitigarbha
Burke Jizo, a statue of Jizo by Kaikei, circa 1202, Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 2015.300.250a, b.
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