Research Catalog

Title

Shinto : discovery of the divine in Japanese art / Sinéad Vilbar and Kevin Gray Carr ; with contributions by Talia J. Andrei [and 9 others].

Author

Vilbar, Sinéad,

Publication

• Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland Museum of Art, [2019]
• New Haven, Connecticut : Distributed by Yale University Press
• Vicenza, Italy : Graphicom.
• ©2019

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Additional Authors

• Andrei, Talia J.,
• Carr, Kevin Gray, 1974-
• Cleveland Museum of Art, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
• Iwata, Shigeki,
• Shimizu, Ken,
• Taniguchi, Kōsei, 1972-
• Wakabayashi, Judy,

Description

xix, 292 pages : color illustrations, map, photographs; 27 x 31 cm

Summary

"Conveying the impressive range and beauty of art associated with the tradition of kami veneration in Japan, 'Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art' presents works in various media--caligraphy, painting,s culpture, costume, and decorative arts--assembled from religious institutions and museums in Japan, and from collections in the United States. Kami veneration, a practice often referred to as Shinto in modern sources, is unique to Japan, although a number of its components stem from court and religious rituals in neighboring countries. 'Shinto' accompanies an exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art, presented with the special cooperation of the Nara National Museum in Japan, and is written by top scholars from the United States and Japan. It is the first catalogue in any language to bring together significant works from both U.S. and Japanese collections related to kami veneration, documenting these rare and fragile works."

Alternative Title

Discovery of the divine in Japanese art

Subjects

• Shinto art objects
• Shinto art
• Illustrated works
• Exhibition catalogs
• Kunst
• Essays
• Japan
• Art, Japanese > Exhibitions
• Shinto art objects > Japan > Exhibitions
• Shinto and art > Japan > Exhibitions
• Schintoismus
• Shinto art > Japan > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Essays.
• Exhibition catalogs.
• Illustrated works.

Note

• "Published on the occasion of 'Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art', an exhibition organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art with the special cooperation of the Nara National Museum and special support of the Japan Foundation on view April 9-June 30, 2019"--Page x.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-291).

Language (note)

• Text in English, with some essays translated from the Japanese.

Contents

On art and kami / Sinéad Vilbar -- Shinto and sacred sites / Kevin Gray Carr -- Kami in Japanese mythology / Kevin Gray Carr -- Entertaining the gods. Shinto rituals / Sinéad Vilbar -- Gods and great houses. Kami and the nobility / Kevin Gray Carr -- Gods embodied. Shinzō : their emergence and forms / Iwata Shigeki -- Moving with the gods. Pilgrimage, procession, and festival / Kevin Gray Carr -- Combinations. Kami and Buddhist deitities : Kami-Buddhist combinatory thought and religious art in Japan / Taniguchi Kōsei -- Gifts for the gods. The world of shrine treasures and former shrine treasures / Shimizu Ken.

ISBN

• 9780300237016
• 0300237014

LCCN

2018967890

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries