{"id":255,"date":"2016-02-15T19:21:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T10:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/?page_id=255"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:59:17","slug":"publishing-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/publishing-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishing &amp; Educational Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='publishingactivities' class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-8 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid bar_red\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-12 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align:left;\" class=\"shortcode_title main_font\">Publishing Activities<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-12 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><b>&#x1f536;<\/b><strong>Media = Art + Message<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through collaborations with publishers,<b>\u00a0MEDIA ART LEAGUE<\/b>\u00a0works on publishing activities conceived by the artists themselves, under the motto\u00a0<b>\u201cMedia = Art + Message<\/b>\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<b>MEDIA ART LEAGUE<\/b>\u00a0functions as a creative forum of specialists on a project-by-project basis while providing and\/or enhancing concepts, editing, design, DTP.<\/p>\n<p>At the core of\u00a0<b>MEDIA ART LEAGUE<\/b>\u00a0is Miro Ito \u2014artist, author and editor\u2014 developing\u00a0 universal messages and forms of heritage linking the wisdom of East and West through the exploration of cultural heritage on the Eurasian continent.<\/p>\n<p>We aspire to see our chronicles function as \u201cwindows\u201d to foster mutual understanding, on the crest of the contemporary media environment\u2019s wave of freely and easily transcending cultural &amp; societal boundaries to achieve truly multicultural and multilingual messages. We seek to promote art as\u00a0<b>\u201cthe medium = the message\u201d<\/b>\u00a0to encourage empathy and compassion that become wellsprings of creative interaction enabling true communication of the heart &amp; mind, transcending barriers, boundaries and differences between East and West as well as North and South.<\/p>\n<p>\u203bSee\u300aMiro Ito \u2014 Profile\u300b<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/L1005076_14_W1200.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-693\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-693 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/L1005076_14_W1200-1024x510.jpg\" alt=\"Copyright \u00a9 2016 Miro Ito\" width=\"640\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/L1005076_14_W1200-1024x510.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/L1005076_14_W1200-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/L1005076_14_W1200-768x383.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/L1005076_14_W1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t<div class=\"wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f538;<strong>&#8220;The Medium is the Message&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0in Multilateral Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under the motto &#8220;the medium is the message&#8221; (M.McLuhan), <b>MEDIA ART LEAGUE<\/b>\u00a0emphasizes and leverages high quality and effectiveness in multilateral communications. After all, languages are much more than mere skills and tools; they convey and even enhance the <em>power of the message<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA ART LEAGUE<\/b> is a specialized triaxial team based in: Asia (Japan), Europe, and North America. 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Published: Media Art League<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f538;Edited: Japan Authentic Heritage Initiative<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f538;Author: Miro Ito<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f538;English Editing &amp; Translations: Andreas Boettcher<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/japan-authentic-heritage-initiative.org\/en\/books-2\/\"><em><strong>Signs of the Intangible<\/strong><strong>\u2014Body-mind-scapes of Japan\u2019s 1400 Years of Performing Arts<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, Media Art League\/Japan Authentic Heritage Initiative, 2023 (Japan)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1945\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/cover_signs_of_the_intangible_by_miroito_H750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1945\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1945\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/cover_signs_of_the_intangible_by_miroito_H750-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/cover_signs_of_the_intangible_by_miroito_H750-1024x700.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/cover_signs_of_the_intangible_by_miroito_H750-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/cover_signs_of_the_intangible_by_miroito_H750-768x525.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/cover_signs_of_the_intangible_by_miroito_H750.jpg 1097w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cover: Signs of the Intangible (by MIRO ITO\uff09published by Media Art League<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Download Flyer: <a href=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/sings_of_the_intangible_by_miroito_230519_compressed.pdf\">sings_of_the_intangible_by_miroito_230519_compressed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f538;Conceived, Produced &amp; Edited: Media Art League<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f538;Author: Miro Ito<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8211; <strong>Encyclopedia of Japanese Family Crests: 1400 Years of Beauty &amp; Tradition<\/strong> (Nihon no Kamon to Seishi: Dentohbi to Keifu)<\/i>, Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing, 2013 (Japan)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_513\" style=\"width: 367px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/kamon_0406_miroito.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-513\" class=\" wp-image-513\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/kamon_0406_miroito-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/kamon_0406_miroito-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/kamon_0406_miroito-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/kamon_0406_miroito.jpg 917w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8221;Encyclopedia of Japanese Family Crests \u20131400 Years of Beauty &amp; Tradition&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>&#8211; <strong>Encounter with the Fundamentals of Life in Nara (Kokorono Sumika Nara &#8211; Inochino Kongen Narumono to no Deai<\/strong> ) <\/i>(all text &amp; photos), Random House Kodansha, 2010 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/nara-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-273\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/nara-cover-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/nara-cover-210x300.jpg 210w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/nara-cover-768x1099.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/nara-cover-716x1024.jpg 716w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/nara-cover.jpg 892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8211; <\/i><strong><i>ManzaiRaku: Mannojo Nomura + Miro Ito<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0(photographs\/text by M. Ito), Nippon Camera, 2004 (Japan)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_522\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/Manzairaku_Cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-522\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-522\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/Manzairaku_Cover-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/Manzairaku_Cover-300x262.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/Manzairaku_Cover.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Manzairaku&#8221;<br \/>Conceived by Media Art League<br \/>Photo &amp; Text by Miro Ito)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"large-4 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div id='bookreviews' class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-8 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"  style=\"height: 32px\" ><span\n\t\t\tclass=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid bar_red\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-12 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align:left;\" class=\"shortcode_title main_font\">Book Reviews &amp; Interviews<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-12 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><b>&#x1f536;Book Reviews\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>(Name of magazine \/ Issue) &#8211; click toggles for article<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <div id='1455532031965-a5867e86-989c'\tclass=\"vc_toggle vc_toggle_default vc_toggle_color_sandy_brown  vc_toggle_size_md\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_title\"><h4>Weekly Toyo Keizai (Japan) \/ Issue: June 26\/2010<\/h4><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Haven of the Heart: Nara\u00a0 Author: Miro Ito<\/p>\n<p>Translated by Andreas Boettcher<\/p>\n<p>Author Miro Ito\u2019s photographs strike a chord close to the core of Japan\u2019s religions that permeates the historic strata of Nara\u2019s temples and shrines; each of her images has an atmosphere that seems to make the existence of deities tangible.<\/p>\n<p>These are highly artistic images worthy of large\u00a0<i>coffee-table<\/i>\u00a0<i>books<\/i>. However, in keeping with the author\u2019s desire of making this volume accessible to a wider audience, it is put together in regular-sized photo-essay format. Nonetheless, the impact of the photographs is not lost, vividly conveying the author\u2019s impressions of \u201cthe haven of the heart, Nara\u201d. A lot of care went into the artwork of the book jacket design; and if one removes it, one finds an unexpected golden embossed image on the book surface.<\/p>\n<p>It is also fascinating that this book includes messages of some of Nara\u2019s representative scholars such as Abbot Emeritus Kosei Morimoto of the Todaiji Temple, Myogen Nishiyama of the Toshodaiji Temple, Taizen Tsujimura, the head monk of the Gangoji Temple as well as Akio Okamoto, Chief Shinto priest of the Kasuga-taisha Shrine. Although their ability to easily speak about how to lead one\u2019s life is astonishing, each of their words reaches heart of the reader.<\/p>\n<p>With this year being the 1300<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of\u2019 Nara\u2019s establishment (under its original name of Heijokyo), the message of this book is even more appropriate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div id='1455534806226-244f0387-cbab'\tclass=\"vc_toggle vc_toggle_default vc_toggle_color_sandy_brown  vc_toggle_size_md\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_title\"><h4>Weekly Toyo Keizai (Japan) \/ Issue: November 27\/2004<\/h4><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>[This Week\u2019s Recommendation]<\/p>\n<p>ManzaiRaku: Extensively and leisurely observing, to the farthest horizon\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Works of Mannojo Nomura by Miro Ito<\/p>\n<p>Published by Nihon Camera \/ JPY3,990<\/p>\n<p>Profile of Miro Ito<\/p>\n<p>Photographer\/author. After graduating Keio University (major: aesthetics and fine art history), she studied philosophy at the Ruhr University in Bochum as well as photography and applied art in the faculty of communication design at Essen University in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Portrait of a young\u00a0<i>kyogen<\/i>\u00a0master whose career once flourished\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(reviewed by Akiko Moriyama, Professor of the Musashino University of Art, translated by Andreas Boettcher)<\/p>\n<p>One might wonder why Japanese society needs\u00a0<i>kyogen<\/i>\u00a0master Mannjo Nomura on the cusp of the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0century. With every flip of the page in the photo book \u201cManzaiRaku\u201d, a deep emotion starts to stir. The prelude to Nomura\u2019s great success was his stage direction of the closing ceremony of the Nagano Winter Paralympics in 1998. Since then he has had a strikingly successful career that took off with his own initiatives such as \u201cShingigaku\u201d and \u201cMask Road\u201d projects in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>His \u201cShingigaku\u201d was a recreation of\u00a0<i>gigaku<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>(*1)<i>\u00a0<\/i>performances<i>\u00a0<\/i>with 23 masks that were replicas of originals preserved in the Shoso-in Treasury of the Todaiji Temple (*2).\u00a0 While his Shingigaku performance was expanded to South and North Korea as well as the United States, his family\u2019s school of \u201cYorozu Kyogen\u201d performed in several European and American cities. Moreover, he endeavoured to develop new genres such as \u201cKaidan Kyogen (<i>kyogen<\/i>\u00a0of ghost stories)\u201d, \u201cOnna Kyogen (<i>kyogen<\/i>\u00a0by women) as well as \u201cReproduction: Okuni Kabuki\u201d until his death on 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Miro Ito started to photograph Mannojo Nomura at his Shingigaku perfomance in Washington D.C. in 2002, while she was residing in the United States. Her digital images succeed in capturing the steep career of this\u00a0<i>visitor\u2019s<\/i>\u00a0(*3) last years. Nomura\u2019s\u00a0<i>candle<\/i>\u00a0burned out before he could become the 8th head of the traditional\u00a0<i>kyogen<\/i>\u00a0family of Manzo Nomura, whose family guidance is \u201cExtensively and Leisurely Observing, to the Farthest Horizon\u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of this volume, 66 people have paid their respective tributes, including Yasuhiro Nakasone (Chairman of the Japan-Korea Cooperation Committee) (*4). Each of their messages contains expectation as well as sorrow. Mannojo\u2019s own words clearly explained why: \u201cthe 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Century is said to be the\u00a0<i>Asian Era<\/i>. Shingigaku is capable of conveying what Asia is, and it heralds the advent of an era of sharing culture rather than\u00a0<i>exchanging it<\/i>\u201d (quote from Mannojo Nomura\u2019s book\u00a0<i>Mask road : maboroshi no gigaku saigen no tabi<\/i>\u00a0[literally: Mask road: journey to the revived phantom of\u00a0<i>gigaku<\/i>]).<\/p>\n<p>It certainly seems to be the common desire of Mannojo Nomura, Miro Ito, and all the others involved in this book, that Japan foster cultural exchange by sending its sharable culture westward along the Silk Road.<\/p>\n<p>Translator`s Notes:<\/p>\n<p>(*1) Gigaku is probably the oldest Asian mask theater.<\/p>\n<p>(*2) The Shoso-in Treasury (at the Todaiji Temple) in Nara has a collection of treasure from the 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century.<\/p>\n<p>(*3) Marebito is the original Japanese term (literally, visitor).<\/p>\n<p>(*4) Former prime minister of Japan (1982-1987)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><i>&#8211;<\/i> <em>Asahi Camera<\/em> (Issue: April 2010)<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8211;<\/i> <em>Nihon Camera<\/em> (Issue: December 2003)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#x1f536;Interviews<\/strong>\u00a0(on Miro Ito\u2019s photo essay)<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8211;<\/i> <em>Mainichi Newspaper\u00a0 <\/em>(Issue: June 24, 2010)<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8211;<\/i> <em>Nara Shimbun Newspaper<\/em> (Issue: May 13, 2010)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <div id='1455534989827-4c923978-b348'\tclass=\"vc_toggle vc_toggle_default vc_toggle_color_sandy_brown  vc_toggle_size_md\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_title\"><h4>\u201dHome of Life and Prayer \u201cNara(Book), Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper (Evening Edition\/Issue: March 23, 2010)<\/h4><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p>Title: \u201dHome of Life and Prayer \u201cNara(Book)<\/p>\n<p>Translated by Andreas Boettcher<\/p>\n<p>Miro Ito, photographer and author who has mainly been active in Europe and the United States, published her photo essay \u201c<i>Kokoro no sumika nara: inochino kongen narumono to no deai\u00a0<\/i>(literally, Haven of the Heart, Nara: Encounter with the fundamentals of life)\u201d by Random House Kodansha (*1) price: JPY 1,905 (excl. tax).<\/p>\n<p>One of her images from a sequence of\u00a0<i>butoh<\/i>\u00a0performances was selected as official poster for the\u00a0<i>2006 Venice Biennale \u2013 Dance Section<\/i>. While she has successfully been active overseas, she encountered the events of 9.11 in NYC. Immediately after that, she found the message expressed by Abbot Emeritus Shoen Hashimoto at his inaugural address dedicated to the Great Buddha: \u201cequality and solidarity\u201d and \u201ctolerance and perseverance\u201d on the internet and \u201cwas moved by the universal appeal of these words that transcend the diversity of religions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In an endeavour to research Japan\u2019s rich spiritual culture, she temporary relocated there in 2004. While visiting Nara\u2019s shrines and temples and participating in its Buddhist rituals, she became convinced that this city is a haven of life and prayer preserving teachings of \u201cwhat it means to live and let live\u201d, where \u201cthe conviction that Nara is a haven of life and prayer preserving the teachings on what it means to live and let live\u201d, while visiting the city\u2019s shrines and temples and participating in its Buddhist rituals.<\/p>\n<p>The book includes some 40 photographs of the \u201cOmizutori (*2)\u201d ritual of Todaiji\u2019s Nigatsudo Hall, ceremonies of Toshodaiji as well as Gangoji Temple. Interviews with such prominent personages as Kosei Morimoto (Abbot Emeritus of Todaiji Temple) and Akio Okamoto (head priest of Kasuga-taisha Shrine) are also introduced.<\/p>\n<p>She is planning to publish her second book related to Nara and stated that she \u201cwants to tackle this as her life\u2019s work since the spiritual culture in Nara is the common heritage of all peoples.\u201d (by Yasuo Hayakawa, The Yomiuri Shimbun)<\/p>\n<p>Translator\u2019s note:<\/p>\n<p>*1) Random House Kodansha is now known as Takeda Random House since April 2010.<\/p>\n<p>*2) The formal name of \u201cOmizutori\u201d is Shunie (February Ritual).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div id='photographytextbooks' class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-8 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"  style=\"height: 32px\" ><span\n\t\t\tclass=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid bar_red\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-12 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align:left;\" class=\"shortcode_title main_font\">Photography Textbooks &amp; Essays<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-12 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div id='1455532031965-a5867e86-989c'\tclass=\"vc_toggle vc_toggle_default vc_toggle_color_sandy_brown  vc_toggle_size_md\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_title\"><h4>Photography Textbooks\u2014click here<\/h4><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><b>&#x1f536; <\/b><b>Photography Textbooks<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Conceived, Produced &amp; Edited by Media Art League<\/p>\n<p>Author: Miro Ito<\/p>\n<p><b><i>&#8211;<\/i><\/b> <em>Photographer&#8217;s Bible: (Cutting-Edge Photography: Themes, Composition, Lighting &amp; Fine-tuning)<\/em>, Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing, 2012 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><b><i>&#8211; <\/i><\/b><em>Heart of Photography: Rules and Aesthetics in Photography (Gokui de manabu Shashin gokoro) <\/em>(originally edited by Asahi Camera), Film Art, 2011 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><b><i>&#8211;<\/i><\/b> <em>Miseru Shashinjjutsu (Enthralling Photography: Theme, Composition, Technique)<\/em>\u00a0(conceived, written &amp; photographed by Miro Ito), selected for inclusion in The Japan Library Association\u2019s official reading list), MdN Corporation, 2007 (Japan)<span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/span>\n\t<div class=\"large-8 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"  style=\"height: 32px\" ><span\n\t\t\tclass=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid bar_red\"><div ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"large-12 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align:left;\" class=\"shortcode_title main_font\">Essays on Photography<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-12 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n<div id='1455532031965-a5867e86-989c'\tclass=\"vc_toggle vc_toggle_default vc_toggle_color_sandy_brown  vc_toggle_size_md\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_title\"><h4>Essays on Photography\u2014click here<\/h4><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><b>&#x1f536; <\/b><b>Essays on Photography<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>&#8211; <\/i><\/b><em>Computer &amp; Design<\/em>\u00a0(contributing author, edited by JAGDA: Japanese Graphic Designers Association), 2002 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><b><i>&#8211; <\/i><\/b><em>The Art of Photography in the Digital Era: Views on Photography in the future (Digital jidai no Shashinjutsu)<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;(co-authored), 2000 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><b><i>&#8211; <\/i><\/b><em>European Visions of Sensuality <\/em>Photo art book which was followed by an exhibition at Melkweg Foundation, in Amsterdam (conceived, produced, edited &amp; written by Miro Ito), Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing, 1995 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/bestwishes_2015_W1200.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-574\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-574\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/bestwishes_2015_W1200-1024x544.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 2015 Miro Ito (photographed at Ipada, Odawara, Japan)\" width=\"763\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/bestwishes_2015_W1200-1024x544.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/bestwishes_2015_W1200-300x159.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/bestwishes_2015_W1200-768x408.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/bestwishes_2015_W1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"large-4 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div id='lecturesworkshops' class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-8 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"  style=\"height: 32px\" ><span\n\t\t\tclass=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid bar_red\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-12 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align:left;\" class=\"shortcode_title main_font\">Lectures &amp; Workshops<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n\t\t<div class=\"boxed-row\">\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div >\n\t<div class=\"large-12 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><b>&#x1f536; <\/b><strong>Presentations in Academic Circuit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Alongside the world-touring exhibition series,<strong><em> Road of Light and Hope<\/em><\/strong>, Ito embarked on the academic lecture circuit at renowned academic institutions beginning at University of Chicago and DePaul University. This lecture-accompanied exhibition &amp; screening series continues around the globe showcasing links in the cultural origins of East and West along the Silk Roads.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <div id='1455532031965-a5867e86-989c'\tclass=\"vc_toggle vc_toggle_default vc_toggle_color_sandy_brown  vc_toggle_size_md\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_title\"><h4>Lectures\u2014click here<\/h4><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"vc_toggle_content\"><p><b>&#x1f536;List of <\/b><b>Lectures<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2212\u00a0Exhibition-affiliated lecture:<em>\u00a0Two Sages of Japan: Prince Sh\u014dtoku and Emperor Sh\u014dmu <\/em>by Miro Ito, Spanish Japanese Cultural Center, March 2026 (Spain)<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2212 Co-existing &amp; Co-creating Across Time<\/em> (hosted by JACCCO), Hibiya Library &amp; Museum, February 2025 (Tokyo, Japan)<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Keynote speaker with Zen Master Nanrei Yokota<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Miro Ito&#8217;s presentation: <em>\u015a\u016bnya\/K\u016b: Live like the breeze<\/em> (<em>Sora\/K\u016b-no-y\u014dni-ikiru<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2212 The Secret Saga Linking Nara to the Silk Road \u2014 with a Special Focus on Sogdian Culture<\/em> (Lecture by Miro Ito), Nara Palace Site Historical Park, February 2025 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2212Co-existing &amp; Co-creating Across Time<\/em> (hosted by JACCCO), Hibiya Library &amp; Museum, February 2025 (Tokyo, Japan)<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Keynote speaker with Zen Master Nanrei Yokota with Miro Ito&#8217;s session with film shorts:<em> The Great Buddha Lives!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2212 <em>Ancient Nara \u2014 A Tale of Three Cities: Asuka-ky\u014d\/Fujiwara-ky\u014d\/Heijo-ky\u014d<br \/>\n<\/em>(5 lecture series by Miro Ito, Nara Place Site Historical Park), August 2023 &#8211; February\u00a0 2024 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\"><em>Two Sages of Japan: Prince Sh\u014dtoku and Emperor Sh\u014dmu<\/em>\u00a0by Miro Ito<\/span>\u00a0(held by The Industry Club of Japan), February 2022 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<em>The Sacred Beginnings:\u00a0The Story of the Four Temples of Yamato<\/em><em>\u2014<\/em><em>Flowers,\u00a0<\/em><em>Buddhist Statues and Events\u00a0<\/em>at the Man\u2019yo Museum in Nara (held by Nara Prefecture), October, 2022 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\"><em>Two Sages of Japan: Prince Sh\u014dtoku and Emperor Sh\u014dmu<\/em>\u00a0by Miro Ito:\u00a0<\/span>As integral lecture (held by Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan\/Nara Prefecture) of the\u00a0<em>Nara\u00a0<\/em><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\"><em>Chrysanthemum Doll Exhibition<\/em>\u00a0, October, 2022 (Japan)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013\u00a0<\/em>Participation as panelist to the\u00a0<em>Nara Silk Road Symposium 2019<\/em><br \/>\n\uff08co-organised by Nara Prefecture; Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs; Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport &amp; Tourism of Japan\uff09<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 DNA of Japanese Traditional Architecture\u00a0<\/em>by Miro Ito: As part of a photo exhibition, <em>Edo\/Tokyo\u2013Seen through its edifices<\/em>\u00a0(JCII Collection)<br \/>\nConsulate-General of Japan, April 2019 (USA)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<em>Artist Talk<\/em>\u00a0with two short film screenings, an affiliated program to the exhibition, Byzantine and Christian Museum, January 2019 (Greece)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<em>\u00a0El Arte como medio es un mensaje para la Universalidad. Camino de Luz y Esperanza: el sendero euroasiatico de la sabiduria<\/em>, Museum Library, Museo Nacional de las Culturas del Mundo, Mexico City, November 2018 (Mexico)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<em>Road of Light and Hope: A Eurasian Trail of Wisdom (Caminho de Luz e Esperanca: A trilha eurasians da sabedoria)\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Department of Japanese,\u00a0Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), July 2018 (Brazil)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<em>The Last of the Samurai<\/em>: \u00a0the Tokugawa Shogunate delegation and \u00a0the Iwakura Mission to the USA, a short lecture for the 150th anniversary of Meiji Restoration, Japanese Canadian Culture Centre, June 2018 (Canada)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<em>The Last of the Samurai<\/em>: \u00a0the Tokugawa Shogunate delegation and \u00a0the Iwakura Mission to the USA, a short lecture for the 150th anniversary of Meiji Restoration, Department of Asian Languages and Studies, Northwestern University, April 2018 (USA)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<em>Art as Media a Message for Universality<\/em>: presentation for\u00a0<i>Visual and Material Perspectives on East Asia<\/i>, Department of Art History, University of Chicago, \u00a0November 2017 (USA)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<i>Photography of Todaiji Sculptures:\u00a0<\/i><i>Art as Media is a Message for Universality<\/i>, Arts &amp; Letters Hall, Department of Art History, DePaul University, Chicago, October 2017 (USA)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<i>Artist Talk<\/i>, an affiliated event to the exhibition,\u00a0<i>Road of Light and Hope,<\/i>\u00a0Japan Foundation, Toronto, May 2017 (Canada)<\/p>\n<p>\u30fc<em>Art as a Medium for Universality<\/em>: Lecture &amp; short movie screenings for \u201cVisual and Material Perspectives on East Asia\u201d Workshop, Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of Chicago, November 2017 (USA)<\/p>\n<p>\u30fcLecture commemorating Ito\u2019s book publication (<i>Gokui de manabu Shashin gokoro by Film Art<\/i>), Yaesu Book Center, 2012 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p>\u30fcCreative lecture for designers and product design\u00a0staff of MAZDA, Mazda Research Center, 2003 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u30fc\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Academic session &amp; presentation of Ito&#8217;s thesis <i>Analogue Recollections in a Digital Cosmos<\/i>\u00a0at the IAEA (International Association of Empiric Aesthetics) International Congress, Takarazuka University of Art and Design, 2002 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p>\u30fc <em>Working Artist<\/em>: Lecture at Barnard College, in New York, 2002<\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u30fc <\/i><\/b><em>Photographing Women<\/em>: Lecture &amp; slide-show for American Women Photographers Association (PWP), Air Gallery, New York, 2001 (USA)<\/p>\n<p><b>etc.<\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"large-4 columns column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2253\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2253\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2253\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/miroitos_lecture_20260317_small-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/miroitos_lecture_20260317_small-1024x461.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/miroitos_lecture_20260317_small-300x135.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/miroitos_lecture_20260317_small-768x346.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/miroitos_lecture_20260317_small-1536x691.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/miroitos_lecture_20260317_small.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Commemorative lecture: &#8220;Two Sages of Japan: Prince Sh\u014dtoku and Emperor Sh\u014dmu (as part of a course at the University of Salamanca), March 2026<br \/>(Photo: Centro Cultural Hispano Japon\u00e9s, Universidad de Salamanca)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1168\" style=\"width: 663px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1168\" class=\" wp-image-1168\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/DSCN8864-2s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"653\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/DSCN8864-2s.jpg 975w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/DSCN8864-2s-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/DSCN8864-2s-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miro Ito&#8217;s lecture at University of Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1169\" style=\"width: 663px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1169\" class=\" wp-image-1169\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/DSCN8913-2s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"653\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/DSCN8913-2s.jpg 975w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/DSCN8913-2s-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mediaartleague.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/DSCN8913-2s-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L to R) Sandy [a student] Miro Ito, Nancy [TA], Japanese Consul, Toshihisa KATO. 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