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Portrait of the Mother of Hotto Kokushi
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About this work
This is an imaginary portrait of the mother of the Zen master Hottō Enmyō Kokushi (1203–1298), whose sculptural portrait (1970.67) can be seen in gallery 235B. That image was carved soon after the master's death. His mother's image, however, was completed several hundred years later, so the likeness is doubtful.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePortrait of the Mother of Hotto Kokushi, 1680. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Wood with polychromy and inlaid crystal and stone eyes; overall: 60.3 cm (23 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1970.68
