For yesterday’s Impressionists and European collectors, as for today’s fans of manga and pop culture, Japanese art has been a source of inspiration and a renewal of imaginaries. This exhibition invites us to plunge into this Japanese wave, a genuine passion between tradition and fantasy.
Curatorship: Marie-Lise Lahaye, Curator of Decorative Arts, the Musée de la Céramique, the Musée Le Secq des Tournelles and the Musée des Beaux-Arts
Utagawa Toyokuni II, 1777-1835, Buffle : La courtisane Wakana de la maison Wakanaya, série des Douze signes du Zodiaque, époque Edo (1603-1868), fin des années 1820
