Splendeurs des courtisanes. Japon, peintures, ukiyo-e du musée Idemitsu. Afrique A half-bound copy: 30 euros

A half-bound copy: 30 euros

La Galerie de la Pléiade

a veritable travel guide

terracottas and in particular the Iznik workshop which evolved towards polychromy

they embark and are shipwrecked near Crotona

Splendeurs des courtisanes. Japon, peintures, ukiyo-e du musée Idemitsu. Afrique A half-bound copy: 30 eurosThe 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,