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Sculpture Lab (Mikako Tomotari)
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A lab that creates sculpture while exploring Shugendo art and artistic consciousness.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating sculpture and studying Shugendo art.
Professor Mikako Tomotari creates sculpture and studies Shugendo art and the nature of artistic consciousness.
She makes sculptural works from actual materials such as wood and iron, and presents them at venues such as Kokugakai exhibitions.
She examines the art of Shugendo handed down at Mt. Hiko in Kyushu using methods such as 3D measurement, and carries out restoration and analysis.
She also considers how artistic consciousness comes into being, through Central America, Ainu culture, and disability.
Key terms
- Shugendo
- A Japanese religious culture that flourished in the medieval period, in which mountain worship was combined with Shinto, Buddhism, and other traditions
- 3D measurement
- A method of measuring the shape of an object as three-dimensional data. It is used to survey cultural properties that are deteriorating
ResearchResearch themes
Centered on the creation of sculpture, the lab studies Shugendo art and the nature of artistic consciousness. It also engages in artistic and cultural practice that connects people with post-disaster forest environments.
*Illustrative imageResearch through sculpture using actual materials
The lab continues research that creates sculptural works from actual materials such as wood and iron. The works are presented at venues such as Kokugakai exhibitions.
*Illustrative imageResearch on the structure of artistic consciousness
The lab considers how artistic consciousness comes into being, through Central America, Ainu culture, and disability. It has analyzed the view of sculpture held by the Mexican sculptor Zúñiga and the artistic expression of people with disabilities.
*Illustrative imageRestoration and analysis of Shugendo art of Mt. Hiko
The lab restores and analyzes cultural properties of the Mt. Hiko Shugendo culture that were nearly lost during haibutsu kishaku (the anti-Buddhist movement of the early Meiji period), combining 3D data with artistic methods. Based on a survey of sacred tree worship using DNA analysis, it also creates wooden Buddhist statues.
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- ProfessorMikako Tomotari
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Mitsumasa Tateishi DSCF0451” 唐山健志郎 (Kenshiro Karayama) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Research through sculpture using actual materials: “Traditional Wood Carving in Museum Belarusian Folk Art in Raubichi” Tess Mattew / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Research on the structure of artistic consciousness: “Chac Mool, Teotihuacán” لا روسا / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Restoration and analysis of Shugendo art of Mt. Hiko: “Sando of Shimotsu Shrine of Hikosan Shrine 3”
そらみみ / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Related lab (Sculpture Lab): “023 Wood Carving ( )” Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Aesthetics and Art Studies Lab): “Yerevan, Art store, Art gallery, Photography store, Photography exhibition, Armenia” Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Aesthetics and Art Studies (Nobuhiro Masuda) Lab): “Bio atelier at Mori Art Museum” Igbofur / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Green Space Conservation Lab): “Oak woodland after the CCC’s cut down encroaching conifers ( )” USFWS Pacific Southwest Region / Public domain (cropped)
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