Sea of Buddha (photobook)
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Sea of Buddha (photobook) is a photographic monograph by Hiroshi Sugimoto featuring meditative, minimalist images of the thousand-armed Kannon statues at Kyoto’s Sanjūsangen-dō temple.
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| Sea of Buddha | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
photobook
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photographic monograph ⓘ |
| artMovement | contemporary photography ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Japan
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Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanjūsangen-dō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aperture Foundation
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Japanese Buddhist art ⓘ |
| author | Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Sanjūsangen-dō temple interior
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thousand-armed Kannon statues ⓘ |
| documentedIn | museum and gallery catalogues ⓘ |
| features |
full-page photographic plates
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introductory text ⓘ |
| format | monograph ⓘ |
| genre |
art book
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photography book ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | contemporary fine-art photography of religious subjects ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicSeries | Sea of Buddha series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationDepicted | Kyoto, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Buddhist sculpture
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Kannon statues ⓘ Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanjūsangen-dō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white photography ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocation of timelessness
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long-exposure images of Buddhist statues ⓘ minimalist composition ⓘ |
| partOfWorkBy | Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photographer | Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| publisher | Aperture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Sanjūsangen-dō, Kyoto, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
meditative imagery
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minimalist photography ⓘ |
| subjectOf | critical essays in photography journals ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Buddhist art scholars
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art historians ⓘ photography enthusiasts ⓘ |
| theme |
Buddhism
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contemplation ⓘ repetition and seriality ⓘ sacred space ⓘ |
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