【BOOKS】『Jujutsu to Bijutsu』 (by Makoto Kasuya, published by Chuo Koron Bijutsu Shuppan) Released on March 3rd – Techniques to fulfill wishes and move the heart…
Makoto Kasuya's book, 『Jujutsu to Bijutsu』, explores the deep connection between magic and art in Japanese culture through four perspectives: dolls, gazes, enemies, and protecting children.Summary
『Jujutsu to Bijutsu』, published by Chuo Koron Bijutsu Shuppan on March 3rd, is a book by Makoto Kasuya that discusses the deep connection between magic and art in Japanese culture. The book explores Japanese culture from two perspectives: magic as a technique to fulfill wishes and art as a technique to move the heart. Specifically, it clarifies the role of art in bridging opposing concepts such as reality and fantasy, impurity and purity, life and death, through themes such as the history of doll making, the gazes of gods and Buddhas, curses against enemies, and the protection of children. The book delves deeply into the feelings of the people connected to these works, citing specific examples such as the straw doll found in Ueno Park during the Meiji era and the Jizo Bodhisattva statue containing a child’s drawings. Kasuya suggests that it is the irrational reality that can become the basis for us to feel the reality of the present.
(Source：美術展ナビ)