The Ambassador of Japan to Romania, Katashi Takae, will celebrate the Emperor's Day and the National Foundation Day on February 23 at the Brukenthal National Museum, where the exhibition "Made in Japan. The fascination of prints from the Edo period", informs a press release sent to AGERPRES on Monday.
"The Brukenthal National Museum's project promoting Japanese printing, culture and civilization is the largest exhibition project ever held in our country. Started more than 8 years ago through the extraordinary collaboration with lawyer George Serban, more than 50 events have been organized: exhibitions, book launches, theatre plays, etc. in various cities: Sibiu, Cluj -Napoca, Oradea, Baia Mare, Timisoara, Iasi, Bucuresti, Suceava, Tulcea, Ploiesti, Sinaia, Busteni, Brasov etc. Most of the exhibitions organized in these cities were exhibition premieres. The Japanese prints from the 17th-20th centuries from the collection of lawyer George Serban but also from the collection of the Brukenthal National Museum were appreciated by over 1 million visitors," said the manager of the Brukenthal National Museum, Alexandru Constantin Chituta, quoted in the mentioned press release.
He added that it is an honor for the museum, together with the Japanese Embassy, to exhibit Japanese prints in Sibiu and to celebrate February 23 - Emperor's Day and Japan's National Foundation Day.
"I thank His Excellency, Mr. Katashi Katae, Ambassador of Japan to Romania, for the elegant and honorable model of celebrating the National Foundation Day of Japan in Sibiu, at the Brukenthal National Museum. I would also like to thank Mr. George Serban for his involvement and for making available numerous works," added the director of the museum.
According to the manager, the Brukenthal National Museum has been collaborating with the Embassy of Japan in Romania for over eight years, and the extensive exhibition project carried out together with the lawyer George Serban and his collection within the Brukenthal Cultural Axes program has allowed Romania to host various premieres in the presentation of Japanese prints from both the Edo and Meiji periods.
The graphic techniques are presented here in their plenitude, say the representatives of the Brukenthal National Museum. "The link between image, imagination, written culture, tradition and documentation is captured by the fine lines that elegantly weave the way in which reality is captured and transmitted over time. The cultural period presented in the Made in Japan exhibition is 1603-1868, known as the 'Edo Era', a period of great openness, artistic breadth, economic prosperity, social and political stability in Japanese history, with the selection of works making reference to the great cultural themes of that period: history, kabuki theater, bijin-ga, poetry, shunga and landscape. The exhibition is not just a journey through the Japanese cultural space, not just a retrospective exhibition of Japanese prints, but an aesthetic and atmospheric incursion. The exhibition showcases breathtaking landscapes almost drawn from utopias, feminine beauty meeting voluptuousness and color, we have the kabuki theater with the powerful and spectacular expression of the art of acting and the fascinating history of the Land of the Rising Sun," further reads the Brukenthal National Museum's press releas.
Participation in the opening of the exhibition is based on an invitation received upon request at the e-mail address [email protected].
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