At the Japan Culture House, modern Tokyo seen through Japanese prints

THE One hundred views of Edo d’Hiroshige, the Great Wave by Hokusai… Usually, exhibitions of Japanese prints focus more on the great artists of theukiyo-emovement ofEdo period (1603–1868) which constitutes the golden age of this art. But the marvelous wood engravings of the land of the Rising Sun are far from having died out in the 19th century.^e century !

During the years 1920–1930, the city of Tokyo is modernizing, which pushes artists, who continue to represent these urban landscapesto transform their style. A fascinating metamorphosis that is documented, Japan Culture Housethis exhibition draws on loans from the Edo-Tokyo Museum, closed for renovations.

Two types of prints in contrast

At the beginning of the 20th^e century, two new types of prints appeared in Japan. On the one hand, the shin-hanga perpetuates the traditional system manufacturingukiyo-e involving a designer, an engraver, a printer and a publisher. Flourishing between 1915 and the 1950s, this movement embodied by the talented Kawase Hasui (1883–1957) gave rise to images combining fine detail, traditional subjects and elements of modern life represented realistically.