TY  - BOOK
AU  - Croteau,Melissa
TI  - Transcendence and spirituality in Japanese cinema: framing sacred spaces 
T2  - Routledge studies in religion and film
SN  - 9780429276057
U1  - 791.430952 23/eng/20220516
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Japan
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Religion in motion pictures
KW  - Transcendence (Philosophy) in motion pictures
KW  - RELIGION / Spirituality
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
N2  - This book explores significant representations of Shinto and Buddhist sacred space, spiritual symbols, and religious concepts that are embedded in the secular framework of Japanese films aimed at general audiences in Japan and globally. These cinematic masterpieces by directors Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Makoto Shinkai operate as expressions of and, potentially, catalysts for transcendence of various kinds, particularly during the Heisei era (1989-2019), when Japan experienced severe economic hardship and devastating natural disasters. The book's approach to aesthetics and religion employs the multifaceted concepts of ma (structuring intervals, liminal space-time), k (emptiness, sky), mono no aware (compassionate sensibility, resigned sadness), and musubi (generative interconnection), examining the dynamic, evolving nature of these ancient principles that are at once spiritual, aesthetic, and philosophical. Scholars and enthusiasts of Japanese cinema (live action and anime), religion and film, cinematic aesthetics, and the relationship between East Asian religions and the arts will find fresh perspectives on these in this book, which moves beyond conventional notions of transcendental style and essentialized approaches to the multivalent richness of Japanese aesthetics
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429276057
ER  -