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Source Description
The polished side of this eight-pointed mirror has an incised design of the kami Takemikazuchi riding on a deer from Kashima to Mount Mikasa, where he takes up residence. Although the mirror itself could have been produced as early as the 1300s, the incised line work has a fresh quality more consistent with later works, and the image may have been executed as late as the 1600s–1800s. Unlike most painted images of the episode, this incised one includes neither the sakaki tree branch supporting the Buddhist manifestations of the five Kasuga kami, nor Takemikazuchi’s companions. The back of the mirror has a design of two phoenixes.
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98055
label
Mirror
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98055
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object
title
Mirror
description
The polished side of this eight-pointed mirror has an incised design of the kami Takemikazuchi riding on a deer from Kashima to Mount Mikasa, where he takes up residence. Although the mirror itself could have been produced as early as the 1300s, the incised line work has a fresh quality more consistent with later works, and the image may have been executed as late as the 1600s–1800s. Unlike most painted images of the episode, this incised one includes neither the sakaki tree branch supporting the Buddhist manifestations of the five Kasuga kami, nor Takemikazuchi’s companions. The back of the mirror has a design of two phoenixes.
date
794–1185
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79483192
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
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Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
accession
1917.681
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bronze
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Mirror, 794–1185. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Bronze; diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton, 1917.681
collection
Japanese Art
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350.1917
citations
citation
"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 65
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: 54
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
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Reproduced: p. 67
citation
Vilbar, Sinéad, and Kevin Gray Carr. <em>Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 84-85, no. 30
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Gift of D. Z. Norton
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2026-05-29 05:17:45.092000
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98055
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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bronze
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