ARTH 2340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ise Grand Shrine, Shinto
21 Sep 2020
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Buddhist images and architecture: the mogao caves, also known as the thousand buddhas, form 500 temples, located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the silk road in gangsu province, china. The ise shrine in the imagination of post-war japan. The status of the shrines changed again dramatically post- wwii. The shinto was legally separated from the state through the american occupation. At the end of the occupation, there was a public all to redefine japanese identity ion th e post-war era, and a lot of the present identity was pulled from the roemote, ancient past. The ise shrines meaning was then reinvented photography of the shrine ended up playing an interesting role. During the 59 rebuildings, someone was invited to photograph th rise for the first time. There was the intention to publish an-english book in order to try and popularize ancient japanese architecture within th emodern world, particularly in the west.
