In an electrifying moment in 1585, four Japanese youths appeared before Pope Gregory XIII, summoned to his court from the nascent Christian community in Japan to present themselves at the capital of their faith. Legendary photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto follows in the boys footsteps, capturing the architectural wonders of Rome, Florence, and Venice as the Eastern visitors might have seen them on their grand tour. Sugimoto s images present each chapel and theatre as a marvel, imposing and dark. He contextualizes his photographs with Japanese works from the period and the decades that follow. These panels and objects attest to the impact of Western culture, specifically Jesuit Christianity, on Momoyama and Edo aesthetics as Japanese artists envisioned scenes of European life.
- ISBN10 0847860698
- ISBN13 9780847860692
- Publish Date 31 October 2017 (first published 2 January 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Skira Rizzoli
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 216
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780847860692