Satoshi tarashima (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Japanese text plus captions in English.; 23 x 30 cm.; 1.3 Kg.; 277 pages in Japanese plus 13 pages in English with foreword and list of works.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior, namely signs of a sticker removed from the bottom left side of the front cover.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum (Ueno Park) from October 15 to December 7, 2014. Highlights of the Exhibition: Faith in Buddha; Faith in the Gods Faith Envisioned through Text; Diversified Faith and Form; Buddhas in Form; The Shosoin Treasures.; "The current exhibition is the first to be held at the Tokyo National Museum in fourteen years. It assembles from among the treasures of the national those cultural heritage objects that have come into being through the devout piety of the people and reexamines the very soul of the formation of Japanese culture. Through invaluable masterpieces of painting, sculpture, decorative arts, writing, archaeological materials, and architectural structures, it explores the forms taken by people's prayers and faith and through which they have transmitted to the present, as well as those forms that have fulfilled the role of connecting the gods and buddhas with the hearts of mankind. Morevover, this exhibition also includes a special display of the Shoson Treasures, which were offerings to the Great Buddha of Todaiji." excerpt from the foreword.…