Days of Discipline and Grace:

Treasures from the Imperial Buddhist

Convents of Kyoto

  November 6 - December 4, 1998

This unprecedented exhibition presented the culture of  amamonzeki jiin (Imperial Buddhist Convents) to the public for the first time in history.  Calligraphy, ritual objects and portraits of abbesses -- many of which had never before been exhibited -- were on view. Also displayed were furnishings related to the daily lives of Japanese Buddhist nuns, including books, games and utensils created over the conturies by the nuns themselves. An exact replica of the thirteenth-century chinso portrait statue of Abbess Mugai Nyodai, the original of which is designated an "Important Cultural Treasure" and enshrined in a Kyoto convent, was loaned to the exhibition from Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawa Bunko Museum.

The exhibition was fully sponsored by the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and was created by Prof. Maribeth Graybill (formerly at Swarthmore College and currently at the University of Michigan), Prof. Manabe Shunsho (then at Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawa Bunko Museum and currently at Hosen Gakuen College) and Dr. Sadako Ohki (formerly at the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and currently at Yale University Art Gallery).

To order a copy of the bilingual 44-page color exhibition catalog, please send a check payable to "Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies" to the below address.  Each catalog costs $10.00 (1200 yen).  A shipping and handling charge of $3.50 will be added for all publication purchases of up to $30.  For more information, please contact Miho Walsh.

To order a copy from outside of the United States please contact our office by email or fax.  All international requests will be handled individually.
 
 

Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies
509 Kent Hall, Mail Code 3906
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027

Tel: (212) 854-7403
Fax: (212) 854-1470
Email: medievaljapan@columbia.edu

 

Back to 30th Anniversary Programs Menu Back to IMJS Main Page