Introduction: A pilgrimage -- A journey into Silence: pulverization -- A culture of beauty: cultural context for Silence -- Ambiguity and faith: Japan, the ambiguous and myself -- Ground Zero -- Fumi-e culture -- Hidden faith revealed -- The redemption of Father Rodrigues -- The aroma: toward an antidote to trauma -- Mission beyond the waves -- Appendix 1: Endo and Kawabata -- Appendix 2: Kenzaburo Oe's "Human lamb" -- Appendix 3: A summary of Silence by Shusaku Endo.
Summary:
Artist Makoto Fujimura reflects on Shusaku Endo's novel "Silence" and grapples with the nature of art, pain, and culture present in the work, uncovering layers of meaning in Japanese history and finding links between faith and trauma.
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