Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
土門拳の古寺巡礼 第5巻
Muroji is Ken Domon's photographic work on Muroji Temple in Nara, capturing its landscape, temple buildings, and Buddhist images. Since Domon first visited the temple in 1939, it became a central subject in his long engagement with ancient temples, forming an important meeting point between postwar Japanese photography and Buddhist art.
Work Information
A photographic work that distills the Muroji landscapes and Buddhist images Ken Domon pursued throughout his life.
Ken Domon's Muroji is confirmed in NDL Search as a photobook published by Bijutsu Shuppansha in 1954, but no ISBN is confirmed for that edition. A later Shogakukan volume, Domon Ken no Koji Junrei, volume 5: Muroji, was published in 1990; CiNii and HMV confirm it as a 147-page book with ISBN 9784095591056, so that later identifier is used for a volume containing the same Muroji subject and photographs.
Review Summaries
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At the core of the work is Domon's compulsion to return to Muroji and photograph it again, even after he had already captured the same places. The book conveys a photographer's persistence in looking repeatedly at the temple's unchanging presence.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 小学館
- Published
- 1990-01-01
- Pages
- 147 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784095591056
- ISBN-10
- 4095591056
- Price
- 643 JPY
- Category
- 本/人文・思想/宗教/仏教/仏教入門
室生寺
Reviews
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満足、満足
希望のシリーズがこれで揃い、満足でです。土門拳の室生寺に対する情熱が、感じられた。
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面白い
面白い