The Gion Festival - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gion Festival write by Catherine Pawasarat. This book was released on 2020-11-03. The Gion Festival available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A must-have resource for anyone wishing to unlock the mysteries of Kyoto's 1150-year-old Gion Festival. The Gion Festival: Exploring Its Mysteries is an enriching read that allows for a deep dive into the multi-faceted aspects of Japan's most famous annual festival.
Matsuri and Religion
Matsuri and Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Matsuri and Religion write by . This book was released on 2021-08-30. Matsuri and Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume examines matsuri (festivals) from both urban and rural communities in Japan, showing their interconnectedness to religious life. Based on ethnographic research, authors explore historical change, identity, affect, cultural heritage, tourism, and the intersection of religion with politics.
KYOTO
KYOTO - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook KYOTO write by Diane Durston. This book was released on 2002-09-13. KYOTO available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is an illustrated tour of the famed historical sites of Kyoto. Colourhotographs by one of Kyoto's top photographers capture all aspects ofyoto's traditional life, including its crafts, cuisine, festivals anduildings. Seven walking tours are also included, with a full-colour map.
Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto
Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto write by Christoph Brumann. This book was released on 2012. Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Kyoto is both a popular destination for tourists and home to one and a half million inhabitants. There is lively debate about how best to develop the city, involving a variety of stakeholders, forming a particlar social arena that has no match elsewhere in Japan. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, the book analyses the social tensions and conflicts about the built environment and the public cultural heritage in Kyoto.
Matsuri! Japanese Festival Arts
Matsuri! Japanese Festival Arts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Matsuri! Japanese Festival Arts write by Gloria Gonick. This book was released on 2002. Matsuri! Japanese Festival Arts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The spectacular Japanese community festivals known as matsuri are centuries old. Even today, in a society driven by technological advancement, these annual rites continue to function as a mechanism for purification and renewal and also to ensure all aspects of communal productivity. The pageantry of these events — their extraordinary dress, performance, and Shinto-Buddhist ritual enactment — brings communities together in an act of worship that is, as well, an extravagant artistic celebration. Dominated by the gorgeous textiles worn by troupes of participants, matsuri also boldly incorporate decorated banners, exquisitely "dressed" festival wagons, dramatic masks, and elaborate portable shrines. The historical importance of matsuri within the cycle of annual religious events in Japan is also reflected in the representation of these festivals in several pictorial forms, from lavish screen paintings to elegant woodblock prints. This volume identifies and describes the exuberant textiles and costumes of matsuri and considers their significance within their cultural context. Many of the examples illustrated date from the Meiji period (1868-1912), the last time when handwork was produced by individual artisans for their own use or that of their neighbors. The unique focus on festival arts in this book allows us to identify the special aesthetics that differentiate the textiles worn and used on Japan’s holy days. At matsuri a cascade of beautifully crafted garments in vibrant hues meets the eyes, foregrounded distinctly against the hushed simplicity of the Shinto shrine. It is an incredibly vital spectacle of human artistry at the service of a sacred occasion. Matsuri! documents the use of textiles in more than 25 different festivals scattered over the length and breadth of Japan. The book interweaves these textiles with the other arts that constitute matsuri as well as with their symbolic meanings and the history of textile making in Japan. Gorgeous photographs bring the festivals to life. Gloria Granz Gonick is a student of Japanese textiles and culture. Other contributors include Yo-ichiro Hakomori (adjunct assistant professor of architecture at the University of Southern California), Hiroyuki Nagahara (assistant professor of Japanese at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa), and Herbert Plutschow (professor of East Asian languages and cultures at UCLA and author of Matsuri: The Festivals of Japan among other books).
