Tag: Buddhist icons
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Buddhist Icon Special Viewings at Nara Temples, March-April 2024
Temples in Japan hold limited-period viewings of their icons, particularly the rarer and more valuable ones that are actively worshipped. This means there is a constantly changing calendar of rare opportunities available and is a huge draw for those who enjoy the history of Buddhist art. Some temples show a certain statue or painting on…
Elizabeth Tinsley
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Silent Dust Swept Away: Kūkai at NNM
Kūkai: The Worlds of Mandalas and the Transcultural Origins of Esoteric Buddhism at Nara National Museum, Sat, Apr 13, 2024〜Sun, Jun 9, 2024 (Preview) One of the exhibits in the upcoming Kūkai: The Worlds of Mandalas and the Transcultural Origins of Esoteric Buddhism that stands out for its novelty – and for what it suggests…
Elizabeth Tinsley
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exhibition round-up
MARCH 2024 ART/MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS IN NARA Photographer Maoka Ayane’s Coral on Land, Swords & Sword-smiths, and The Unveiling of a Buddhist Icon March exhibitions in Nara (listings below) include three that showcase swords and sword-smiths, ranging from the characteristic luxury of the shrine treasures held by Kasugataisha Museum – here, swords owned by aristocrats and…
Elizabeth Tinsley
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Tōdaiji’s Omizutori: Mystery and Otherness Restored
Todaiji Temple’s Omizutori Ritual – & Omizutori Museum Exhibitions in Nara Religious practice in Japan is sometimes tamed by way of museum exhibitions and by the contemporary secular viewer of such exhibitions, making it, whether consciously or not, “mere ritual”: performance art or piece of theatre, political expression, or display of eccentric quirky superstition. It…
Elizabeth Tinsley
ART & RITUAL JAPAN 