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The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu)
1200s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu)
- Date Created: 1200s
- Physical Dimensions: 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.)
- Provenance: Satohiro Katano, Tokyo; Taro Masuda, Odawara., (Inosuke Setsu [1897-1969], Tokyo, Japan, ?-1961, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1961-present
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.423
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
- Fun Fact: The bodhisattva Kongōsatta wears a crown containing figures of the Five Wisdom Buddhas.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
- Accession Number: 1961.423
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