8.375 x 11.75 x 1.25" closed, extends to 82.5"; 5 pages. Accordion structure from back pastedown. Collage. Pop ups. Lenox 100% rag paper. Boards covered in kimono fabric. Slipcased. In the spring of 2008 Munson lived and worked in a small Japanese village outside Kyoto restoring damaged Oriental screens. He worked each morning, then caught the Number 17 bus into Kyoto to explore the former imperial capital. He would visit shrines and temples as part of his discovery of the city. Howard Munson: "A bow before I begin walking under the tori entrance on the path toward a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, staying close to the side of the path leaving room in the center for the Kami. I approach the shrine and pass a large alter box filled with Goma prayer sticks on which are written prayers and desires to be burned in a fire ritual performed in esoteric Buddhism to lead people to a spiritually higher realm." |
