Impressions 45
Part One of Double Issue (2024)

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In This Issue

 

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Photo Tour of “Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art” at The Met

 

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Burying Anxiety and Preserving Hope in the Age of the Final Dharma
D. Max Moerman

 

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The Visual Narratives of the Kumano Nun: Picturing Anxiety and Promising Hope:
Talia Andrei

 

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The Miraculous Descent of Amida Buddha
Miriam Chusid

 

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The Weber Jizō: A Vision of Grace in a Tumultuous Age
Hank Glassman

 

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Kamikaze-gō: The Plane That Sold Newspapers, Kimonos and National Pride
Klaus J. Friese

 

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Counter-mapping: Kawada Kikuji’s The Map in an Age of Anxiety
Maggie Mustard

 

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A Woman of Parts: In Conversation with Mika

 

Reviews

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Startled Bamboo and Wizened Mountains: Through the Eyes of Kodōjin, the “Old Daoist”
Hollis Goodall

 

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Hiroshige Fans in Paris
Evgeny Steiner

 

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Contributors