Contributions

  • Erdmann, Mark K., writer of added commentary - Contributor
  • Hiraoka, Ryūji, 1974- writer of added commentary - Contributor
  • Kamiya, Yukie, writer of added commentary - Contributor
  • Verdon, Timothy, writer of added commentary - Contributor
  • Japan Society (New York, N.Y.) - Contributor

Publication

2017 - Skira Rizzoli, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100847860698
  • ISBN-139780847860692
  • Library of Congress Control Number2017944907
  • OCLC Control Number1010524200
  • Better World Books9780847860692
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC709.5
  • LCCTR647 .S895 2017
  • LCCN7260 .S84 2017

Alternate Titles

  • Gates of paradise

Description

In an electrifying moment in 1585, four Japanese youths appeared before Pope Gregory XIII, summoned to his court from the nascent Christian community in Japan to present themselves at the capital of their faith. Legendary photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto follows in the boys footsteps, capturing the architectural wonders of Rome, Florence, and Venice as the Eastern visitors might have seen them on their grand tour. Sugimoto's images present each chapel and theatre as a marvel, imposing and dark. He contextualizes his photographs with Japanese works from the period and the decades that follow. These panels and objects attest to the impact of Western culture, specifically Jesuit Christianity, on Momoyama and Edo aesthetics as Japanese artists envisioned scenes of European life. Exhibition: Japan Society, New York, USA (20.10.2017-07.01.2018).

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