Participant Info

First Name
Tomoe I.M.
Last Name
Steineck
Country
Switzerland
State
Affiliation
University of Zurich & Tuebingen
Website URL
https://steineck.ch/Main/
Keywords
History of culture and art, visual culture, material culture of religion, Japan, Imperialism, Colonialism, Est-West discourse, 19th century, Shingon Buddhism, Buddhism
Availability
1
Additional Contact Information
On leave until April 2023
PhD
other credentials

Personal Info

Photo
About Me
Recent Publications

Forthcoming:

Declaring Buddhism dead in the 19th century: The Meiji Oligarchy and German Protestant Mission in Japan. East Asian Journal of Philosophy (EAJP), 2023

Recent:

Kanda Sōtei. The Shogun’s Sacred Painters and their Realm of Influence. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (JJRS) 2020/12 (https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/4839)

Curations:

2014 – Tokens of the Path. Japanese Devotional and Pilgrimage Images: The Wilfried Spinner Collection. @ Völkerkundemuseum Zürich.

2008 – Temple Treasures of a Sacred Mountain: Daigo-Ji – the Secret Buddhism in Japan. @ Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn.

Media Coverage
Country Focus
Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Europe-Asia relations in history
Expertise by Geography
Asia, Germany, Japan, Western Europe
Expertise by Chronology
Ancient, 19th century, Early Modern
Expertise by Topic
Art & Architectural History, Colonialism, Higher Ed, Indigenous Peoples, Material Culture, Museums, Religion