Japan facing west
Editing: Aleksandra Görlich
ISBN: 978-83-62096-16-9
Format: 188 x 140 mm
Language: polish and english
Published: 2011
DVD
ISBN: 978-83-62096-16-9
Format: 188 x 140 mm
Language: polish and english
Published: 2011
DVD
The multifaceted historical relationship between China and Japan is a well-known aspect of Japanese culture. However, the interactions between Japan and the West in pre-modern and early modern times are less evident and still less explored. The exhibition based on a selection of objects from the collection of the Japanese Gallery in London traced some aspects of Japan’s cultural interactions with the West during the pre-modern and early-modern eras, highlighting selected aspects of the Western impact on traditional Japanese arts, pointing to the bipolarity of cultural exchange between Japan and the West, and providing a good reference to the earlier exhibitions.