ID: 700009096 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009096	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Mononoke-hime (Princess Mononoke) (release print (motion picture); Hayao Miyazaki (Japanese, born 1941); 1997; Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York state, United ...; 37999)

Note: Princess Mononoke combines traditional hand–drawn animation with cutting–edge computer-generated imagery and a robust screenplay written by Miyazaki. When a giant boar covered in writhing worms attacks a small village, a young man named Ashitaka bravely defends his community and is wounded in the ensuing battle. When his wound begins to fester, Ashitaka leaves his village to discover the origin of the boar's curse. He soon encounters Lady Eboshi and the inhabitants of Irontown, who have leveled the nearby forests for lumber. The woodland creatures, led by Princess Mononoke, battle the residents of Irontown in an attempt to preserve their once-lush forest. Only Ashitaka believes that humans and the creatures of the forest can peacefully coexist. Anime, the style of animation Miyazaki uses here, originated in Japan and evolved from Japanese manga (comic books). Anime films often include highly stylized futuristic environments and unnatural-looking characters. The narratives are frequently violent, with conflict, both physical and spiritual, at their core. Initially favored by adolescent viewers, traditional anime films and current commercial offerings such as those directed by Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Ôtomo, and Isao Takahata now appeal to a more demographically diverse audience. In Princess Mononoke Miyazaki comments on contemporary debates about irresponsible manufacturing practices, climate change, and the intrusion of development on nature by deftly creating an allegory of conflict between humans and the natural world.

Titles:

Mononoke-hime (Princess Mononoke) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

release print (motion picture) [300404887] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, motion pictures (visual works), <motion pictures by print type>)

film (visual work) [300136900]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

films / videos (preferred)

Creation Date: 1997

Creator Display:

Hayao Miyazaki (Japanese, born 1941) [preferred]

artist Miyazaki, Hayao (Japanese animator, filmaker, born 1941) [500372800]

Locations:

Current: Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303609] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 37999

Credit Line: Gift of Miramax Films

Display Materials: 35mm film (color, sound)

	film (material by form) [300014637]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>)

	35mm (photographic film size) [300263816]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name), <attributes and properties by specific type>, form attributes, size/dimensions, <size/dimensions by specific type>, <size for photographic film>)

Dimensions: 35 mm; 133 min.

Cultures:

Japanese (preferred)

General Subject:

literary (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Princess Mononoke [901001448]
	.....((Anime and manga characters, Literary characters, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	anime (genre) [300404884]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for motion pictures>, animated film) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual works by class: for video, film, performing arts

............... Mononoke-hime

Sources and Contributors:
Mononoke-hime (Princess Mononoke)	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-)