Resource Spotlight | The Mary Griggs Burke Collection View fullsize Battle at Rokuhara (六波羅合戦), from Heiji monogatari emaki (平治物語絵巻)Kamakura period, first quarter of 14th centuryHandscroll fragment, mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper17.4 x 14.8 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015Ex Coll.: Okamoto Ryōhei The Mary Griggs Burke Collection More than one thousand Japanese, Chinese, and Korean masterworks spanning five millennia VISIT THE MARY GRIGGS BURKE COLLECTION History of the CollectionWritten by Mary Griggs Burke Mary Griggs Burke, 1985Courtesy of the Mary Griggs Burke Collection CLICK TO READ HER ESSAY HERE View fullsize Cherry, Plum, and Willow TreesEdo period, early 17th centurySix-panel folding screen; ink and color on gilded paper153.4 x 349.4 cm (60 3/8 in. x 11 ft. 5 1/2 in.)Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2003 View fullsize Daruma (達磨)Kamakura period, 14th century (?)Lacquered and gilded wood with inlaid crystal eyesOverall h. 54 cm (21 1/4 in.)Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Amida Nyorai (阿弥陀如来)Late Heian period, early 12th centuryPolychromed Japanese cypress (hinoki)H. of statue 49.3 cm (19 3/8 in.); h. of pedestal 31.2 cm (12 1/4 in.)Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Shinto God and Goddess (男神、女神)Late Heian period, 10th centuryJapanese cypress (hinoki) with traces of polychromeH. of each 52.5 cm (20 5/8 in.)Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Battle at Rokuhara (六波羅合戦), from Heiji monogatari emaki (平治物語絵巻)Kamakura period, first quarter of 14th centuryHandscroll fragment, mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper17.4 x 14.8 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015Ex Coll.: Okamoto Ryōhei View fullsize Six of the Group of Twelve Guardians (Jūni Shinshō, 十二神将)Kamakura period, 14th centuryLacquered, polychromed, and gilded wood with inlaid crystal eyesH. 42–46.3 cm (16 1/2–18 1/4 in.)The six are tentatively identified as 2. Ox (丑); 4. Rabbit (卯); 6. Snake (巳); 7. Horse (午); 11. Dog (戌); 12. Boar (亥)Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Squirrel on a BranchAnonymousAttributed to Tao Cheng (陶成; fl. mid-15th century) by Kano Eishin (Yasunobu) (狩野永真 [安信]; 1613–1685)Ming dynasty, 15th centuryAlbum leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on silk23.5 x 21.5 cm (9 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.)Donated to the Yale University Art Gallery by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Aizen Myōō (愛染明王)Nanbokuchō periodHanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on silk135.1 x 89.4 cm (53 1/8 x 35 1/4 in.)Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by Mary Griggs Burke in 1966 View fullsize Shinto God and Goddess (男神、女神)Late Heian to early Kamakura period, 12th–13th centuryPolychromed woodH. of god 39.1 cm (15 3/8 in.); h. of goddess 39.8 cm (15 5/8 in.)Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize MirrorGoryeo dynasty [possibly Chinese, Song (960–1279) or Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty]Bronze with four directional guardian animals and twelve zodiac signs in reliefDiam. 17.7 cm (7 in.)Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Jizō Bosatsu (地蔵菩薩)Kamakura period (?)Wood with traces of polychromeH. 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Taima Mandala (当麻曼荼羅)Kamakura period, early 14th centuryHanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on silk128.5 x 117 cm (50 5/8 x 46 1/8 in.)Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by Mary Griggs Burke in memory of Jackson Burke in 1985 View fullsize Fudō Myōō (不動明王)Kaikei (快慶; fl. ca. 1183–1223)Kamakura period, early 13th centuryLacquered, polychromed, and gilded Japanese cypress (hinoki) with kirikane and inlaid crystal eyesH. 51.5 cm (20 1/4 in.)Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015Ex Coll.: Shōrenin, Kyoto View fullsize Seated Bodhisattva (left attendant of a triad)Joseon dynasty, mid-17th centuryGilded woodH. 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.)Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Bishamonten (毘沙門天)Heian period, 11th centuryWood with polychromeH. including the base 116 cm (45 5/8 in.)Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Dai Shōjin Bosatsu (大精進菩薩), from Kontai butsugajō (金胎仏画帖)Attributed to Takuma Tametō (宅間為遠; fl. ca. 1132–74)Late Heian period, mid-12th centuryPage from book, mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper25 x 12.8 cm (9 7/8 x 5 in.)Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize GuardianKamakura period (?)Polychromed Japanese cypress (hinoki)H. 39.2 cm (15 3/8 in.)Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Lotus, Turtle, and Fish in RondelJoseon dynasty, late 19th centuryFramed painting; ink and color on paper37.5 x 37.6 cm (14 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk (Sōgyō Hachiman, 僧形八幡)Late Heian period, 12th century (?)Polychromed Japanese cypress (hinoki)H. 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Demon maskKamakura period (?)Polychromed woodH. 33 cm (13 in.)Donated to the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 View fullsize Pair of Daoist Deities: (left) Songzi Niangniang (送子娘娘) and (right) Yanguang Niangniang (眼光娘娘)Ming dynasty, late 16th–early 17th centuryGilt bronze with blue and red lacquer; wood basesH. of each 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); (left) h. with base 23.6 cm (9 1/4 in.); (right) h. with base 23.1 cm (9 1/8 in.)Donated to the Yale University Art Gallery by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015 News 12Editorial TeamSeptember 23, 2023Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. 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