Splendeurs des courtisanes. Japon, peintures, ukiyo-e du musée Idemitsu. Afrique a veritable travel guide

a veritable travel guide

enhanced by an almost entirely renewed commentary

and even ancient China

A half-bound copy: 30 euros

Collection of the French School of Rome 99

Splendeurs des courtisanes. Japon, peintures, ukiyo-e du musée Idemitsu. Afrique a veritable travel guideThe ukiyo e school or "images of the floating world" appeared at the end of the 17th century. Urban life in the Edo period, Kabuki theatre, the lightness of morals and the pleasure districts were the favourite themes of Kitagawa Utamaro (1753 1806), Katsushika Hokusai (1760 1849) and And Hiroshige (1797 1858), considered today to be among the greatest Japanese painters. Ukiyo e works enjoyed worldwide success from the end of the 19th century onwards,