Shinto Art

Vesper Guo

What is Shinto?

Drawing and Painting

Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Shrine (Kitano Tenjin Engi), Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th centuryUnidentified artistJapanHandscroll; ink and color on paper

Kitano Shrine

Kumano shrine mandala, Nanbokucho period (1336–92), early 14th century

.Japan

.Hanging scroll: ink, color, and gold on silk;

Wakamiya of the Kasuga Shrine, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th century

.Unidentified artist

.Japan

.Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold leaf on silk

Sculpture

Za Gongen, Heian ōperiod (794–1185), 11th century

Japan

Gilt bronze with incised decoration

Divine Rainmaking Boy

13th century

Wood

Architecture

Sumiyoshi Taisha (住吉大社 , "Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine") Osaka

Ise Jingku (shrine), southern Honshu, Japan

Outside the Outer Shrine's main sanctuary

A shrine of Naiku