Sculpture and Philhellenism in Japan (1930-1945)
Lecture by Michael Lucken, Professor at INALCO. In Japan, philhellenism manifested itself most clearly in sculpture between 1930 and 1945. It is an aspect of the art [...]
Japanese Painting in Search of Western Realism
Wednesday 19 October at 18 p.m.: Japanese Painting in Search of Western Realism, Conference by Christine Shimizu, Honorary General Curator of Heritage, former Director of the [...]
The main Japanese Buddhist currents
Lecture by Frédéric Girard, emeritus director of studies at the EFEO. Buddhism has become acclimatized in Japan in several forms, popular and scholarly, in symbiosis with [...]
The bow and the saber – Imaginary warrior of Japan
Visit-conference by Sylvie Ahmadian, lecturer at MNAA-Guimet. The term samurai is mentioned for the first time in a 10th century text, but is not used in its current sense until [...]
The Japanese garden, under the watchful eye of the gardener ...
Video conference by Robert Lavayssière, Doctor, treasurer of the Association of Parks and Gardens of Paris and West Paris (APJPOP) and member of the SAMC board of directors. [...]
Travel on the Kisokaidō road, from Hiroshige to Kuniyoshi
Videoconference by Manuela Moscatiello, curator of the exhibition, responsible for the Japanese collections at the Cernuschi museum. Manuela Moscatiello explains that she not only wanted [...]
Screens, 18th century
videoconference by Estelle Bauer, Professor of classical Japanese art history at INALCO. Element of the furniture and support of the painting, the screen (byōbu) is an astonishing object by its [...]
Fuji, land of snow
conference visit by Sylvie Ahmadian, lecturer at the National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet. With its conical silhouette of eternal snow, Mount Fuji - inscribed on the list of [...]
On the road to the Tōkaidō
Tour-conference by Sylvie Ahmadian, lecturer at the National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet. Sylvie Ahmadian recalls the story of this famous road, the Tōkaidō (road of the sea of [...]
Buddha, the golden legend
Wednesday 26 June 2019: Buddha, the golden legend, visit-conference by Sylvie Ahmadian, lecturer at the National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet. Sylvie Ahmadian recalls first of all that the [...]
