Tokens of the Path : Japanese Devotional and Pilgrimage Images, The Wilfried Spinner Collection (1854-1918) - Couverture rigide

Martina Wernsdorfer; Tomoe Irene Maria Steineck; Raji C. Steineck

 
9783897904262: Tokens of the Path : Japanese Devotional and Pilgrimage Images, The Wilfried Spinner Collection (1854-1918)
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ISBN 10 : 3897904268 ISBN 13 : 9783897904262
Editeur : Arnoldsche, 2014

Synopsis

Between 1885 and 1891 the Swiss pastor Wilfried Spinner sojourned in Japan on behalf of the East Asian mission. He founded the first Christian parishes in Tokyo and Yokohama and began to intensively teach there. However, his interest was also directed at local beliefs, which informed the everyday lives of the population. He brought back to Europe around eighty religious scrolls, comprising some painted hanging scrolls and numerous black-and-white prints (ofuda). Ofuda are paper amulets featuring representations of important deities, Buddhas and bodhisattvas, which were printed in and distributed from temples. Some of them additionally feature calligraphy, which was written by the monks in the presence of the pilgrims. They are evidence to their pilgrimage and accompany them onwards as protection and good luck charms.

The recently discovered collection of Wilfried Spinner in the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich covers a broad spectrum both figuratively and in content.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Between 1885 and 1891 the Swiss pastor Wilfried Spinner sojourned in Japan on behalf of the East Asian mission. He founded the first Christian parishes in Tokyo and Yokohama and began to intensively teach there. However, his interest was also directed at local beliefs, which informed the everyday lives of the population. He brought back to Europe around eighty religious scrolls, comprising some painted hanging scrolls and numerous black-and-white prints (ofuda). Ofuda are paper amulets featuring representations of important deities, Buddhas and bodhisattvas, which were printed in and distributed from temples. Some of them additionally feature calligraphy, which was written by the monks in the presence of the pilgrims. They are evidence to their pilgrimage and accompany them onwards as protection and good luck charms.

The recently discovered collection of Wilfried Spinner in the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich covers a broad spectrum both figuratively and in content.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Arnoldsche
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
allemand
ISBN 10 
3897904268
ISBN 13 
9783897904262
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
Éditeur
Mareile Flitsch
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