{"id":187,"date":"2017-08-14T10:34:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2024-06-17T10:49:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:49:20","slug":"playing-spirits-pokemon-shintoism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/playing-spirits-pokemon-shintoism\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing with Spirits: Pok\u00e9mon and Shintoism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 24 \u2013 March 4, 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"517\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2017\/08\/Pokemon-web.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon Figure\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2017\/08\/Pokemon-web.jpg 517w, https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2017\/08\/Pokemon-web-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The video game franchise Pok\u00e9mon is one of the most popular cultural products to ever come out of Japan. Now more than 20 years old, it is still enjoyed by children and adults throughout the world. Much older is Shintoism, the Japanese religion that inspired Pok\u00e9mon. This mini-exhibit features objects related to Shinto practices and the cultural underpinnings of Pok\u00e9mon, including the miniature art of\u00a0<em>netsuke<\/em>\u2014the original \u201cpocket monsters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 24 \u2013 March 4, 2017 The video game franchise Pok\u00e9mon is one of the most popular cultural products to ever come out of Japan. Now more than 20 years old, it is still enjoyed by children and adults throughout the world. 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