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Ilya Leonov, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, ItalyAbstract
The paper examines the Muroji photographic series executed by the Japanese photographer Domon Ken (1909–1990) and published in a photobook format in 1954. These images, depicting the eponymous Buddhist temple, occupied a significant place within the Japanese photography of the time. In particular, Muroji was one of the earliest post-war projects devoted to the national culture and its symbols, employing modernist aesthetics to re-actualise traditional works of art. Using methods of formal-stylistic and semantic analysis, the study identifies the distinctive features of Muroji and compares them with several later projects, thereby establishing its role in the development of post-war Japanese photography.
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Conference: ECAH2025Stream: Arts - Arts Theory and Criticism
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Leonov I. (2025) Revisiting Ancient Monuments: Domon Ken’s Muroji Series in the Context of the Post-war Japanese Photography Development ISSN: 2188-1111 – The European Conference on Arts & Humanities 2025: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 91-103) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1111.2025.10
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1111.2025.10
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